John Hanson Montessori

Set in Oxon Hill, Maryland, John Hanson Montessori is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, part of Prince George's County Public Schools. It educates 496 students across grades pre-K through 8.

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

Looking at the student body, John Hanson Montessori records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%); the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, John Hanson Montessori is in the bottom 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.7%; John Hanson Montessori posts 36.3%, -19.5 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Prince George's County shows median household income runs about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 John Hanson Montessori is one.

The closest other public school is Flintstone Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John Hanson Montessori. On composite proficiency, John Hanson Montessori comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 30.8%.

John Hanson Montessori operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Hanson Montessori has changed only slightly, going from 489 students in 2018 to 496 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 90% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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