Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001056
Heather Hills Elementary
12605 Heming Ln, Bowie, MD 20716 · (301) 805-2730 · Prince George's County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
14.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
136 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 80 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 30% |
Student demographics
50%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
90.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.9pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -12.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.8% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 98.7% | 88.0% |
% 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
88.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+36.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% 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 36 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 Heather Hills Elementary
Heather Hills Elementary's state test result (88.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heather Hills Elementary this school | 361 | 37.7% | 88.3% |
| Chatsworth School Reisterstown | 301 | 38.2% | 62.8% |
| Watershed Public Charter Woodlawn | 366 | 33.9% | 41.3% |
| Yorktown Elementary Bowie | 396 | 37.4% | 59.0% |
| Judith P. Hoyer Montessori Landover | 361 | 42.4% | 48.0% |
| Robert Goddard Montessori Seabrook | 464 | 38.1% | 48.5% |
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 Heather Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.3% | #2 of 853 | #2 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #49 of 853 ▼ 46 | #2 of 136 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.8% | #5 of 853 ▼ 4 | #1 of 136 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #671 of 898 | #100 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #536 of 857 | #115 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #514 of 857 | #68 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #643 of 885 | #138 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #537 of 551 | #98 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
361
+12 (+3%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 361 | 24.6 | 14.7:1 | 38% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 21.6 | 16.9:1 | 33% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 20.6 | 16.8:1 | 33% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 27% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 22.1 | 16.4:1 | 24% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 21% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 18% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 19% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 20 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heather Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (363 to 361); teachers up 11% (22.1 to 24.6).
About Heather Hills Elementary
This page covers Heather Hills Elementary, a small elementary school in Bowie, Maryland. It educates 361 students in grades 2 through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students.
Prince George's County Public Schools enrolls 132,693 students, and its 199 schools include Heather Hills Elementary.
Black students account for 69% of enrollment at Heather Hills Elementary. Smaller groups are 14% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Prince George's County is roughly 59% Black. Heather Hills Elementary has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 38% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Prince George's County averages 79%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Heather Hills Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 88.3%, is 36.4 points above the 51.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Maryland schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Prince George's County show that median household income is about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 203 public schools operate in Prince George's County, serving about 132,693 students.
Kenilworth Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Heather Hills Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 88.3% average proficiency ranks 1st among 7 nearby schools.
Heather Hills Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 361 was 3% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 349. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.7:1) than in 2020-21 (17.4:1).
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Heather Hills Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Bowie
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Benjamin Tasker MiddleMiddle · 1,058 students
- Samuel Ogle MiddleMiddle · 806 students
- Northview ElementaryElementary · 587 students
- Whitehall ElementaryElementary · 485 students
- Tulip Grove ElementaryElementary · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Kenilworth Elementary0.5 mi · 364
- Benjamin Tasker Middle0.9 mi · 1,058
- Northview Elementary1.0 mi · 587
- Tulip Grove Elementary1.5 mi · 477
- Bowie High1.9 mi · 2,580
- C. Elizabeth Rieg2.2 mi · 148
Frequently asked questions
About Heather Hills ElementaryHow large is Heather Hills Elementary?
Heather Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 361 students in grades 02-05.
Is Heather Hills Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Heather Hills Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many teachers does Heather Hills Elementary have?
Heather Hills Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Heather Hills Elementary?
Student demographics at Heather Hills Elementary are roughly 14% White, 6% Hispanic, 69% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Heather Hills Elementary public or private?
Heather Hills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.