Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001058
High Bridge Elementary
7011 High Bridge Rd, Bowie, MD 20720 · (301) 805-2690 · Prince George's County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% 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
16.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
364 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
56%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
42.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
31.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 27.0% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 20% 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 High Bridge Elementary
High Bridge Elementary's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Bridge Elementary this school | 394 | 92.4% | 35.5% |
| Hillcrest Heights Elementary Temple Hills | 388 | 93.6% | 23.6% |
| Bradbury Heights Elementary Capital Heights | 354 | 94.1% | 14.9% |
| William Beanes Elementary Suitland | 424 | 90.3% | 16.8% |
| Magnolia Elementary Lanham | 442 | 91.9% | 20.4% |
| Catherine T. Reed Elementary Lanham | 437 | 90.4% | 32.6% |
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 High Bridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #534 of 853 | #40 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #568 of 853 ▲ 18 | #43 of 136 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #536 of 853 ▼ 46 | #50 of 136 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #606 of 898 | #83 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #732 of 857 | #134 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #439 of 857 | #36 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #48 of 885 | #38 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #270 of 294 | #34 of 39 |
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
394
+43 (+12%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 394 | 24.3 | 16.2:1 | 92% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 28.8 | 14.0:1 | 66% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 28.8 | 11.9:1 | 63% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 32 | 11.0:1 | 50% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 37.7 | 10.3:1 | 47% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 35 | 11.0:1 | 45% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 46 | 9.6:1 | 39% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 20% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 678 | 36 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for High Bridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (388 to 394); teachers down 36% (37.7 to 24.3).
About High Bridge Elementary
High Bridge Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in Bowie, Maryland. In all, 394 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools with a combined 132,693 students. High Bridge Elementary is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at High Bridge Elementary is Black: 60%. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Prince George's County overall, the Black share is about 59%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, High Bridge Elementary scores 56%.
Its ratio of 16.2:1 is based on 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 92%. On average, public schools in Prince George's County report 79%.
On the allk12 Grade, High Bridge Elementary lands at B, ahead of 60% of Maryland public elementary schools.
High Bridge Elementary is a top-10% school in Maryland on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 19.6% with an actual 35.5%.
In the wider Prince George's County area, median household income comes to about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Prince George's County's 203 public schools enroll about 132,693 students and include High Bridge Elementary.
About 1.1 miles separate High Bridge Elementary from the closest public school, Rockledge Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.9%; High Bridge Elementary's is 35.5%, ranking 6th of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 394 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 351. The ratio was 11.0:1 in 2020-21 and 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Other High Bridge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named High Bridge Elementary. High Bridge Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- High Bridge Elementary SchoolHIGH BRIDGE, NJ · 219 students
Nearby schools
- Rockledge Elementary1.1 mi · 319
- Whitehall Elementary1.1 mi · 485
- Woodmore Elementary1.3 mi · 402
- Bowie High1.7 mi · 2,580
- Tulip Grove Elementary1.7 mi · 477
- Samuel Ogle Middle1.7 mi · 806
Frequently asked questions
About High Bridge ElementaryHow many students attend High Bridge Elementary?
High Bridge Elementary enrolls approximately 394 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does High Bridge Elementary serve?
High Bridge Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at High Bridge Elementary?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at High Bridge Elementary.
How diverse is High Bridge Elementary?
High Bridge Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 27% Hispanic, 60% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is High Bridge Elementary public or private?
High Bridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
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