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JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary

13313 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904 · (240) 740-1900 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL756 STUDENTS
Enrollment
756
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
523 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Pre-K
78
Kindergarten
104
Grade 1
97
Grade 2
112
Grade 3
125
Grade 4
108
Grade 5
132
Student demographics
White
30%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 31%
Hispanic
66888%
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 24%
Black
608%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 32%
Asian
243%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 7%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
39652%
Female
36048%

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Test scores

MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)
English Language Arts
33.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
21.3%
MD avg 34.8% . -14.5pp since 2023
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
756
-95 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.3:1
% White
0%
was 0%
% Hispanic
88%
was 83%
% Black
8%
was 13%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary

JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary is an elementary campus of big scale in Silver Spring, Maryland, one of the schools within Montgomery County Public Schools, works with 756 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary sits 57% larger than that benchmark.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools in total, collectively educating 159,181 students. JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). The remainder looks like 8% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the resource side, On paper, JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 31.1%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Across the wider county, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Greencastle Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary. On composite proficiency, JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary has edged down 11%, going from 851 students in 2018 to 756 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 83% to 88%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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Montgomery County at a glance

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Population
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students

Quick facts

School name
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary
District
Montgomery County Public Schools
Address
13313 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904
Phone
(240) 740-1900
County
Montgomery County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
756
Teachers (FTE)
68
Student–teacher ratio
11.2:1
Free/Reduced lunch
523 (69%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
240048000788
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary
How many students attend JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary?
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary enrolls approximately 756 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary serve?
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary.
How diverse is JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary?
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary reports a student body of 0% White, 88% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian.
Who oversees JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary?
JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
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