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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048010503
Jones Lane Elementary
15110 Jones Ln, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 · (240) 740-4260 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
147 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
63.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -14.3pp since 2023
Math
66.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.1% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 77.4% | 76.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Jones Lane Elementary
Jones Lane Elementary's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Lane Elementary this school | 428 | 34.3% | 71.0% |
| Candlewood Elementary Rockville | 358 | 33.2% | 62.5% |
| Lois P. Rockwell Elementary Damascus | 518 | 33.0% | 58.0% |
| Beall Elementary Rockville | 475 | 27.6% | 69.0% |
| Flower Valley Elementary Rockville | 524 | 30.0% | 56.7% |
| Cloverly Elementary Silver Spring | 429 | 37.5% | 59.3% |
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 Jones Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #91 of 853 | #31 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #129 of 853 ▼ 89 | #35 of 131 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #239 of 853 ▼ 172 | #52 of 131 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #551 of 898 | #108 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #172 of 857 | #52 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #122 of 857 | #41 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #673 of 885 | #84 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #463 of 551 | #83 of 97 |
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
428
+26 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 428 | 35.8 | 12.0:1 | 34% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 33.3 | 13.6:1 | 30% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 29.3 | 15.3:1 | 34% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 30% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 32.4 | 13.8:1 | 26% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 28% (129) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (448 to 428); teachers up 10% (32.4 to 35.8).
About Jones Lane Elementary
Among the schools in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is Jones Lane Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 428 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
Montgomery County Public Schools is the local district for Jones Lane Elementary. It runs 208 schools with 159,181 students.
No group is above 50% at Jones Lane Elementary; the largest is White, at 38%. The rest of enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 10% Black, and 8% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
With 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Roughly 34% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Jones Lane Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Jones Lane Elementary scores 17.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 71.0% actual versus 53.9% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Montgomery County, where median household income comes to about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Montgomery County's 211 public schools enroll about 159,181 students and include Jones Lane Elementary.
The closest school to Jones Lane Elementary is Darnestown Elementary, located about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Jones Lane Elementary. On proficiency, Jones Lane Elementary is ahead of the 57.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 6%. The ratio was 15.5:1 in 2020-21 and 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Gaithersburg
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Quince Orchard HighHigh · 2,100 students
- Watkins Mill HighHigh · 1,577 students
- Lakelands Park MiddleMiddle · 993 students
- Gaithersburg MiddleMiddle · 869 students
- Forest Oak MiddleMiddle · 828 students
Nearby schools
- Darnestown Elementary1.0 mi · 356
- Quince Orchard High1.1 mi · 2,100
- Rachel Carson Elementary1.4 mi · 671
- DuFief Elementary1.5 mi · 276
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary1.6 mi · 553
- Travilah Elementary1.7 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Jones Lane ElementaryHow many students attend Jones Lane Elementary?
Jones Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jones Lane Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jones Lane Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Jones Lane Elementary have?
Jones Lane Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Jones Lane Elementary?
Student demographics at Jones Lane Elementary are roughly 38% White, 33% Hispanic, 10% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Jones Lane Elementary?
Jones Lane Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.