Judith A. Resnik Elementary

Located at 7301 Hadley Farms Drive, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Judith A. Resnik Elementary is an average-sized elementary school that educates 516 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Montgomery County Public Schools.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 208 schools and 159,181 students, Judith A. Resnik Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Judith A. Resnik Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 28% Black, 12% White, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Judith A. Resnik Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (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%. Judith A. Resnik Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Goshen Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Judith A. Resnik Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Judith A. Resnik Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 636 (now 516). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 39% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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