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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048090484
Harriet R. Tubman Elementary
400 Victory Farm Dr, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 · (240) 740-6770 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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.
- DBeats 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
11.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
352 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
29.5%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.5% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 24.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 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 Harriet R. Tubman Elementary
Harriet R. Tubman Elementary's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriet R. Tubman Elementary this school | 571 | 61.6% | 27.9% |
| Wheaton Woods Elementary Rockville | 556 | 64.7% | 40.2% |
| Georgian Forest Elementary Silver Spring | 600 | 57.8% | 29.7% |
| Gaithersburg Elementary Gaithersburg | 603 | 67.5% | 20.9% |
| Bel Pre Elementary Silver Spring | 558 | 58.8% | N/A |
| Watkins Mill Elementary Montgomery Village | 734 | 60.1% | 25.8% |
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 Harriet R. Tubman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #670 of 853 | #124 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #660 of 853 ▼ 35 | #123 of 131 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #723 of 853 ▼ 100 | #125 of 131 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #254 of 898 | #47 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #102 of 857 | #34 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #532 of 857 | #122 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #375 of 885 | #22 of 137 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 571 | 50.7 | 11.3:1 | 62% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 46.5 | 12.4:1 | 63% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 44.3 | 9.9:1 | 77% (338) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harriet R. Tubman Elementary.
About Harriet R. Tubman Elementary
Gaithersburg, Maryland, is home to Harriet R. Tubman Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 571 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Harriet R. Tubman Elementary reports to Montgomery County Public Schools, which has 208 schools and 159,181 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Harriet R. Tubman Elementary, with 68% of enrollment. It is also 19% Black, 4% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Montgomery County's residents are about 21% Hispanic, 47 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 50.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 11.3:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 62% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 22 points.
The allk12 Grade for Harriet R. Tubman Elementary is D. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Harriet R. Tubman Elementary is -9.9 points: 27.9% actual, 37.7% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that the median household income is $132,450, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Montgomery County has 211 public schools and roughly 159,181 students.
Gaithersburg Middle is the public school closest to Harriet R. Tubman Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Harriet R. Tubman Elementary's average proficiency of 27.9% compares with 28.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Harriet R. Tubman Elementary inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Gaithersburg
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Quince Orchard HighHigh · 2,100 students
- Watkins Mill HighHigh · 1,577 students
- Lakelands Park MiddleMiddle · 993 students
- Gaithersburg MiddleMiddle · 869 students
- Forest Oak MiddleMiddle · 828 students
Nearby schools
- Gaithersburg Middle0.4 mi · 869
- Forest Oak Middle0.5 mi · 828
- Gaithersburg Elementary0.6 mi · 603
- Flower Hill Elementary1.0 mi · 454
- South Lake Elementary1.0 mi · 746
- Shady Grove Middle1.0 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Harriet R. Tubman ElementaryHow large is Harriet R. Tubman Elementary?
Harriet R. Tubman Elementary enrolls approximately 571 students in grades PK-05.
Is Harriet R. Tubman Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harriet R. Tubman Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harriet R. Tubman Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harriet R. Tubman Elementary is approximately 11.3:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harriet R. Tubman Elementary?
At Harriet R. Tubman Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 68% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Harriet R. Tubman Elementary public or private?
Harriet R. Tubman Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.