Greenwood Elementary

Set in Brookeville, Maryland, Greenwood Elementary is a medium-sized primary school, one of the schools within Montgomery County Public Schools. It educates 534 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students total), Greenwood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Greenwood Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 12% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 42% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 12% 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 below Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Greenwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Greenwood Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Belmont Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Greenwood Elementary. On composite proficiency, Greenwood Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 10%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 534 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.