Kemp Mill Elementary

Located at 411 Sisson St, in Silver Spring, Maryland, Kemp Mill Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school that enrolls 412 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Montgomery County Public Schools.

Kemp Mill Elementary is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that teaches 159,181 students overall.

On demographics, Kemp Mill Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). The remainder reads as 11% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, Kemp Mill Elementary reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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, Kemp Mill Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Kemp Mill Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

The closest other public school is Forest Knolls Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kemp Mill Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kemp Mill Elementary has shrank 23%, going from 532 students in 2018 to 412 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 77% to 85%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.