Green Holly Elementary School

Green Holly Elementary School, a moderately sized primary school in Lexington Park, Maryland, run under St. Mary's County Public Schools, educates 478 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

St. Mary's County Public Schools comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 16,905 students; Green Holly Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Green Holly Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 33% White, 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Green Holly Elementary School records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 63% of students at Green Holly Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Mary's County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Green Holly Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 55.8%, a residual of +18.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Mary's County put median household earnings sit near $119,446, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across St. Mary's County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,905 students), Green Holly Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Esperanza Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Green Holly Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Green Holly Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

Green Holly Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Green Holly Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 518 (now 478). Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 17% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.