Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001135
Highland Park Elementary
6501 Lowland Dr, Landover, MD 20785 · (301) 333-0980 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
12.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
197 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
35%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
23.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
14.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.8% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 13.9% | 19.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Highland Park Elementary
Highland Park Elementary's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park Elementary this school | 210 | 93.8% | 17.8% |
| J. Frank Dent Elementary Fort Washington | 243 | 92.2% | 24.5% |
| Westport Academy Baltimore | 251 | 92.8% | 13.8% |
| Collington Square Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 230 | 89.6% | 16.2% |
| Longfields Elementary Forestville | 256 | 89.8% | 53.6% |
| Matthew A. Henson Elementary Baltimore | 199 | 85.9% | 30.4% |
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 Highland Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #817 of 853 | #127 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #810 of 853 ▼ 90 | #117 of 136 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #789 of 853 ▲ 45 | #119 of 136 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #850 of 898 | #140 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #196 of 857 | #42 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #678 of 857 | #105 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #24 of 885 | #18 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.7% | #16 of 551 | #3 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
210
-41 (-16%) vs 2020
-66% since 2000-01, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 210 | 17.3 | 12.1:1 | 94% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 14.7 | 16.5:1 | 94% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 17.1 | 15.8:1 | 64% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 19 | 13.2:1 | 75% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 23.1 | 15.3:1 | 73% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 68% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 172 | 15 | 11.5:1 | 80% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 28 | 21.8:1 | 62% (378) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (354 to 210); teachers down 25% (23.1 to 17.3).
About Highland Park Elementary
Highland Park Elementary sits in Landover, Maryland, and is classified as an elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 210 students. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 56% smaller than average.
Prince George's County Public Schools has 132,693 students in 199 schools, and Highland Park Elementary is one of those schools.
At 78%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Highland Park Elementary combined. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic. Among all residents of Prince George's County, the Black share is about 59%. By the diversity index, Highland Park Elementary comes in at 35%.
The teaching staff at Highland Park Elementary is 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.1:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 94%. The rate at public schools in Prince George's County averages 79%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Highland Park Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 18.7% for a school in Maryland with Highland Park Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Highland Park Elementary posts 17.8%.
Prince George's County has about 959,754 residents, and median household income is about $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Prince George's County number 203 and enroll about 132,693.
The closest public school, Judith P. Hoyer Montessori, is about 0.3 miles from Highland Park Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Highland Park Elementary ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Highland Park Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Highland Park Elementary had 251 students in 2020-21 and 210 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease. The ratio was 13.2:1 in 2020-21 and 12.1:1 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 Landover
- Fairmont Heights HighHigh · 1,090 students
- Kenmoor MiddleMiddle · 1,021 students
- Thomas G. PullenElementary · 740 students
- Templeton ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- G. James Gholson MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- William Paca ElementaryElementary · 563 students
Other Highland Park Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Highland Park Elementary. Highland Park Elementary is the 22nd largest of the 23.
- Highland Park ElementaryGILBERT, AZ · 787 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolUpper Darby, PA · 737 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolPFLUGERVILLE, TX · 706 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 654 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 649 students
Nearby schools
- Judith P. Hoyer Montessori0.3 mi · 361
- Carmody Hills Elementary0.6 mi · 389
- Seat Pleasant Elementary0.8 mi · 284
- Cora L. Rice Elementary1.0 mi · 516
- Columbia Park Elementary1.0 mi · 429
- G. James Gholson Middle1.0 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Park ElementaryHow large is Highland Park Elementary?
Highland Park Elementary enrolls approximately 210 students in grades PK-05.
Is Highland Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Highland Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Highland Park Elementary have?
Highland Park Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Highland Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Highland Park Elementary are roughly 1% White, 20% Hispanic, 78% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Highland Park Elementary?
Highland Park Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
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