Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001075
John H. Bayne Elementary
7010 Walker Mill Rd, Capitol Heights, MD 20743 · (301) 499-7020 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% 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.
- B-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
17.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
308 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 | 28 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
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
32.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
22.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.8% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 20.0% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 John H. Bayne Elementary
John H. Bayne Elementary's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John H. Bayne Elementary this school | 339 | 90.9% | 24.4% |
| Frederick Elementary Baltimore | 320 | 88.8% | 11.2% |
| Choptank Elementary School Cambridge | 319 | 95.0% | 18.8% |
| District Heights Elementary District Heights | 365 | 94.8% | 20.3% |
| Park Heights Academy Baltimore | 390 | 90.0% | 18.4% |
| Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 376 | 84.6% | 20.4% |
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 John H. Bayne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #730 of 853 | #94 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #701 of 853 ▲ 3 | #82 of 136 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #682 of 853 ▲ 80 | #84 of 136 ▲ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #703 of 898 | #109 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #825 of 857 | #139 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #680 of 857 | #107 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #78 of 885 | #65 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #91 of 551 | #19 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
339
-36 (-10%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 339 | 19.3 | 17.6:1 | 91% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 18.3 | 16.9:1 | 91% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 78% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 94% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 27.6 | 16.6:1 | 100% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 83% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 70% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 56% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 31 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John H. Bayne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (459 to 339); teachers down 30% (27.6 to 19.3).
About John H. Bayne Elementary
This page covers John H. Bayne Elementary, a small elementary school in Capitol Heights, Maryland. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 339 students enrolled. It has 30% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Maryland (about 481).
Prince George's County Public Schools is the district for John H. Bayne Elementary. It has 199 schools and 132,693 students.
More than half of enrollment at John H. Bayne Elementary is Black: 79%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 59% Black. The diversity index for John H. Bayne Elementary is 35%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is lower. Of all students at John H. Bayne Elementary, 91% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Prince George's County, the average is 79%.
John H. Bayne Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 27% of Maryland public elementary schools.
John H. Bayne Elementary scores 24.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 20.5%.
In Prince George's County, where the school is located, median household income comes to 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 county has 203 public schools and about 132,693 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Walker Mill Middle, is about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, John H. Bayne Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 36 students, from 375 to 339. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 17.6:1, from 16.3:1.
The allk12 page for John H. Bayne Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Capitol Heights
- Walker Mill MiddleMiddle · 1,054 students
- Central HighHigh · 754 students
- William W. Hall AcademyElementary · 444 students
- Carmody Hills ElementaryElementary · 389 students
- H Winship Wheatley E C CElementary · 345 students
- Capitol Heights ElementaryElementary · 317 students
Nearby schools
- Walker Mill Middle0.3 mi · 1,054
- Central High0.8 mi · 754
- District Heights Elementary1.2 mi · 365
- North Forestville Elementary1.2 mi · 271
- Francis Scott Key Elementary1.3 mi · 451
- Doswell E. Brooks Elementary1.4 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About John H. Bayne ElementaryHow many students attend John H. Bayne Elementary?
John H. Bayne Elementary enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-05.
Is John H. Bayne Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
John H. Bayne Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does John H. Bayne Elementary have?
John H. Bayne Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at John H. Bayne Elementary?
Student demographics at John H. Bayne Elementary are roughly 0% White, 18% Hispanic, 79% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is John H. Bayne Elementary in?
John H. Bayne Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.