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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000512
Greenbelt Elementary
66 Ridge Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20770 · (301) 513-5911 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
469 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
48.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 26.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Maryland's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Greenbelt Elementary
Greenbelt Elementary's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenbelt Elementary this school | 531 | 88.3% | 37.8% |
| Magnolia Elementary Lanham | 442 | 91.9% | 20.4% |
| Glenn Dale Elementary Glenn Dale | 493 | 91.9% | 26.1% |
| Magnolia Elementary Joppa | 545 | 88.1% | 26.4% |
| Catherine T. Reed Elementary Lanham | 437 | 90.4% | 32.6% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Baltimore | 499 | 83.2% | 18.1% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Greenbelt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #502 of 853 | #29 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #612 of 853 ▼ 11 | #57 of 136 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #446 of 853 ▼ 47 | #28 of 136 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #316 of 898 | #37 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #170 of 857 | #34 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #342 of 857 | #15 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #109 of 885 | #85 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #226 of 551 | #56 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
531
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 531 | 44.5 | 11.9:1 | 88% (469) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 41.5 | 13.1:1 | 64% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 40.5 | 14.2:1 | 63% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 53% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 36.9 | 16.9:1 | 47% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 46% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 49% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 618 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 55% (340) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenbelt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (625 to 531); teachers up 21% (36.9 to 44.5).
About Greenbelt Elementary
Greenbelt Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Maryland, with an address in Greenbelt. A total of 531 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
In Prince George's County Public Schools, 199 schools enroll a combined 132,693 students.
Greenbelt Elementary's enrollment is 57% Black. The remaining shares are 19% Hispanic, 14% White, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The Black share in Prince George's County as a whole is similar, at about 59%. The chance that two students picked at random at Greenbelt Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
Greenbelt Elementary's 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 88%. That is 9 points above the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County.
allk12 grades Greenbelt Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Maryland, Greenbelt Elementary is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.8% compared with a predicted 22.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Prince George's County, median household income is about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Greenbelt Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County, which together enroll about 132,693 students.
Of nearby public schools, Eleanor Roosevelt High is the closest, at about 1.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Greenbelt Elementary is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Greenbelt Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 550 in 2020-21 and 531 in 2024-25, a decrease of 19 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.9:1 to 11.9:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Greenbelt Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Greenbelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Greenbelt MiddleMiddle · 1,270 students
- Springhill Lake ElementaryElementary · 804 students
- Dora Kennedy French ImmersionElementary · 684 students
Nearby schools
- Eleanor Roosevelt High1.3 mi · 2,544
- Springhill Lake Elementary1.4 mi · 804
- Greenbelt Middle1.7 mi · 1,270
- Dora Kennedy French Immersion1.7 mi · 684
- Magnolia Elementary2.1 mi · 442
- Berwyn Heights Elementary2.2 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Greenbelt ElementaryHow many students attend Greenbelt Elementary?
Greenbelt Elementary enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Greenbelt Elementary serve?
Greenbelt Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Greenbelt Elementary have?
Greenbelt Elementary employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Greenbelt Elementary?
Student demographics at Greenbelt Elementary are roughly 14% White, 19% Hispanic, 57% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Greenbelt Elementary?
Greenbelt Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.