Greenview Knolls Elementary

Greenview Knolls Elementary is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in Great Mills, Maryland, one of the schools within St. Mary's County Public Schools, caters to 294 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

St. Mary's County Public Schools runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 16,905 students. Greenview Knolls Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Greenview Knolls Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 17% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Greenview Knolls Elementary lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than St. Mary's County's rate of about 41%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Greenview Knolls Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 46.9%.

In the area at large, St. Mary's County reports that the typical household earns roughly $119,446 per year, 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), Greenview Knolls Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Esperanza Middle, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Greenview Knolls Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Greenview Knolls Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.2%.

Greenview Knolls Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Greenview Knolls Elementary's enrollment has shrank 31% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 294). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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