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What do you wish you knew before starting at Hollywood Elementary?
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Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001063
Hollywood Elementary
9811 49th Ave, College Park, MD 20740 · (301) 513-5900 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% 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.
- C+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
11.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
256 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
39%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
27.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
13.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 28 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 13.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 20.2% |
% 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Hollywood Elementary
Hollywood Elementary's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Elementary this school | 284 | 90.1% | 22.1% |
| Beacon Heights Elementary Riverdale | 342 | 91.8% | 26.2% |
| Woodridge Elementary Hyattsville | 299 | 93.0% | 34.8% |
| Glassmanor Elementary Oxon Hill | 261 | 93.5% | 22.6% |
| Chillum Elementary Hyattsville | 308 | 92.2% | 22.6% |
| Eastport Elementary Annapolis | 283 | 89.0% | 32.9% |
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 Hollywood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #761 of 853 | #110 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #819 of 853 ▼ 119 | #121 of 136 ▼ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #746 of 853 ▼ 42 | #105 of 136 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #770 of 898 | #123 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #141 of 857 | #28 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #637 of 857 | #96 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #88 of 885 | #74 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.4% | #54 of 551 | #9 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
284
-147 (-34%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 284 | 24.4 | 11.6:1 | 90% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 24.4 | 12.3:1 | 78% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 84% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 77% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 73% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 70% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 68% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 43% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 20 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hollywood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (414 to 284); teachers down 13% (28 to 24.4).
About Hollywood Elementary
Hollywood Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school located in College Park, Maryland. It serves 284 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students.
The district for Hollywood Elementary is Prince George's County Public Schools, with 199 schools and 132,693 students.
A majority of students at Hollywood Elementary, 77%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Black, 7% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 23%. By the diversity index, Hollywood Elementary comes in at 39%.
With 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hollywood Elementary was 11.6:1. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. Hollywood Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 90%. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County, the school's rate is higher.
Hollywood Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Hollywood Elementary, the prediction is 20.9% and the result is 22.1%.
Federal survey data for Prince George's County show that median household income is about $101,798, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 203 public schools operate in Prince George's County, serving about 132,693 students.
The nearest other public school, Springhill Lake Elementary, is about 1.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hollywood Elementary. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hollywood Elementary is 6th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Hollywood Elementary as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Hollywood Elementary went from 431 students to 284. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.1:1 to 11.6:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 Hollywood Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Hollywood Elementary. Hollywood Elementary is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Hollywood ElementaryHollywood, MD · 414 students
- Hollywood ElementarySaluda, SC · 403 students
- Hollywood Elementary SchoolSTEVENSVILLE, MI · 377 students
- Hollywood ElementaryBeckley, WV · 240 students
- Hollywood Elementary SchoolHollywood, AL · 184 students
Nearby schools
- Springhill Lake Elementary1.2 mi · 804
- Greenbelt Middle1.5 mi · 1,270
- Beltsville Academy1.6 mi · 1,113
- Dora Kennedy French Immersion1.7 mi · 684
- Berwyn Heights Elementary1.7 mi · 421
- Frances R Fuchs E C C1.8 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Hollywood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hollywood Elementary?
Hollywood Elementary enrolls approximately 284 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hollywood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hollywood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hollywood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hollywood Elementary is approximately 11.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hollywood Elementary?
At Hollywood Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 77% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Hollywood Elementary?
Hollywood Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.