Jones Lane Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Jones Lane Elementary serves 428 students from grades K through 5, run under Montgomery County Public Schools.

Jones Lane Elementary is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that works with 159,181 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Jones Lane Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 33% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% Black, 8% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Jones Lane Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at Jones Lane Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jones Lane Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 53.9%; Jones Lane Elementary posts 71.0%, +17.1 points above that line.

Around the school, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Jones Lane Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Darnestown Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jones Lane Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 57.6%.

Jones Lane Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Jones Lane Elementary's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 428). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 27% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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