Highland Park Elementary

Located at 6501 Lowland Dr, in Landover, Maryland, Highland Park Elementary is a low-enrollment K-5 school that works with 210 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools. That puts it 56% below the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Highland Park Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that educates 132,693 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Highland Park Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school records 20% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Highland Park Elementary shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Highland Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Prince George's County shows median household earnings sit near $101,798, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Highland Park Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Judith P. Hoyer Montessori, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highland Park Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Highland Park Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 27.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Highland Park Elementary's enrollment has declined 41% since 2018, when it stood at 354 (now 210). Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On this page, the feed for Highland Park Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.