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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001137
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary
3000 Church St, Glenarden, MD 20706 · (301) 925-2840 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Maryland public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
508 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 40 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
49%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
23.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.1% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 14.3% |
% 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
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary this school | 540 | 94.1% | 17.1% |
| Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary Annapolis | 559 | 95.0% | 25.9% |
| Carrollton Elementary New Carrollton | 539 | 92.9% | 20.3% |
| Oaklands Elementary Laurel | 483 | 90.3% | 18.0% |
| Laurel Elementary Laurel | 472 | 90.9% | 34.8% |
| Gaywood Elementary Lanham | 525 | 90.5% | 30.1% |
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 Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #824 of 853 | #130 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #851 of 853 ▼ 64 | #134 of 136 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #794 of 853 ▼ 24 | #121 of 136 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #298 of 898 | #32 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #244 of 857 | #52 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #534 of 857 | #72 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #19 of 885 | #13 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #69 of 551 | #13 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
540
-183 (-25%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 540 | 42.9 | 12.6:1 | 94% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 47.9 | 13.2:1 | 93% (584) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 45.9 | 13.8:1 | 94% (594) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 88% (637) |
| 2017-18 | 759 | 52.2 | 14.5:1 | 88% (667) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 81% (626) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 50 | 12.1:1 | 75% (455) |
| 2000-01 | 726 | 44 | 16.5:1 | 87% (632) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (759 to 540); teachers down 18% (52.2 to 42.9).
About Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Glenarden, Maryland, Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools. School enrollment was 540 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary reports to Prince George's County Public Schools, which has 199 schools and 132,693 students.
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary is 63% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 34% Black. Among people living in Prince George's County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.6:1, with 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary is 94%. It compares with 79% for public schools in Prince George's County.
The allk12 Grade for Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary is D. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 17.1% is 1.5 points below the 18.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary is located in Prince George's County, where the median household income is $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary is one of 203 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Dodge Park Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.1% against a local average of 36.8%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 25% enrollment decrease, from 723 in 2020-21 to 540 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.2:1 to 12.6:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Dodge Park Elementary0.2 mi · 494
- Glenarden Woods Elementary0.4 mi · 516
- Kenmoor Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 240
- Templeton Elementary0.6 mi · 646
- Kenmoor Middle0.6 mi · 1,021
- Robert Frost Elementary0.8 mi · 257
Frequently asked questions
About Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. ElementaryHow many students attend Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary?
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary serve?
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary have?
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary?
Student demographics at Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary are roughly 2% White, 63% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary?
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.