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Judith P. Hoyer Montessori

929 Hill Rd, Landover, MD 20785 · (301) 808-4420 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Maryland public elementary schools
  • BTest 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

Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
153 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K8824%
Kindergarten339%
Grade 13510%
Grade 2288%
Grade 34011%
Grade 4277%
Grade 53510%
Grade 6247%
Grade 7257%
Grade 8267%

This year's kindergarten class (33) is 27% larger than its 8th grade class (26).

Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 73% · US 70%
White
298%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 31% · US 43%
Hispanic
288%
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 24% · US 30%
Black
29381%
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 32% · US 15%
Asian
72%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
15643%
Female
20557%

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Test scores

MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)
English Language Arts
45.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -39.3pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 39 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.

MCAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2545.0%30.0%
2023-2484.3%32.6%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Judith P. Hoyer Montessori

Judith P. Hoyer Montessori's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Judith P. Hoyer Montessori this school36142.4%48.0%
Maya Angelou French Immersion
Temple Hills
36340.5%47.7%
Phyllis E. Williams Elementary
Seabrook
32637.4%65.3%
Tunbridge Public Charter School
Baltimore
49342.8%50.9%
Heather Hills Elementary
Bowie
36137.7%88.3%
Mattaponi Elementary
Upper Marlboro
39152.4%55.6%
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 Judith P. Hoyer Montessori ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MarylandIn Prince George's County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#362 of 853#18 of 136
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
30.0%#587 of 853
▼ 74
#49 of 136
▼ 20
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
45.0%#494 of 853
▼ 470
#37 of 136
▼ 34
Enrollment
ranked largest first
361#670 of 898#99 of 145
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.3:1#626 of 857#125 of 141
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
32.8%#695 of 857#112 of 141
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
42.4%#592 of 885#133 of 144
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-0.8%#532 of 551#97 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 2024-25
Enrollment
361
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
+74% since 2000-01, when it was 207
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2536123.615.3:142% (153)
2023-2436425.614.2:144% (159)
2022-2335224.614.3:142% (148)
2020-213822614.7:142% (162)
2017-1836423.515.5:129% (105)
2015-163062015.3:128% (86)
2010-11119717.0:114% (17)
2000-01207729.6:17% (14)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judith P. Hoyer Montessori.

Since 2017-18: students down 1% (364 to 361); teachers unchanged (23.5 to 23.6).

About Judith P. Hoyer Montessori

A small elementary school in Landover, Maryland, Judith P. Hoyer Montessori is part of Prince George's County Public Schools. The school counted 361 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8. It has 25% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Maryland (about 481).

The 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools enroll 132,693 students altogether, Judith P. Hoyer Montessori among them.

Black students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. It is also 8% White and 8% Hispanic. Prince George's County's residents are about 59% Black, 22 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Judith P. Hoyer Montessori are from different groups.

With 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Judith P. Hoyer Montessori, 42% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County.

Judith P. Hoyer Montessori earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 46% of Maryland public elementary schools.

A school with Judith P. Hoyer Montessori's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 49.1%. Judith P. Hoyer Montessori scores 48.0%, 1.2 points below that line.

In the surrounding county, Prince George's County, the median household earns about $101,798 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Judith P. Hoyer Montessori, Prince George's County has 203 public schools.

About 0.3 miles separate Judith P. Hoyer Montessori from the closest public school, Highland Park Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 23.9%; Judith P. Hoyer Montessori's is 48.0%, ranking 1st of 9.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 361, from 382 in 2020-21.

The Judith P. Hoyer Montessori discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.

Prince George's County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Judith P. Hoyer Montessori
District
Prince George's County Public Schools
Address
929 Hill Rd, Landover, MD 20785
Phone
(301) 808-4420
County
Prince George's County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
361
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student–teacher ratio
15.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
153 (42%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
240051000414
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Judith P. Hoyer Montessori
How large is Judith P. Hoyer Montessori?
Judith P. Hoyer Montessori enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Judith P. Hoyer Montessori serve?
Judith P. Hoyer Montessori serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Judith P. Hoyer Montessori have?
Judith P. Hoyer Montessori employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Judith P. Hoyer Montessori?
Judith P. Hoyer Montessori reports a student body of 8% White, 8% Hispanic, 81% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Judith P. Hoyer Montessori in?
Judith P. Hoyer Montessori is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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