Kenilworth Elementary

Kenilworth Elementary is an elementary-level community of compact scale in Bowie, Maryland, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools, caters to 364 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Kenilworth Elementary sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

Kenilworth Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that hosts 132,693 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kenilworth Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 18% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews noticeably less Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Kenilworth Elementary records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Kenilworth Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.4%; this one delivers 34.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Prince George's County) logs that median household income runs about $101,798, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kenilworth Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

Nearest neighbor: Heather Hills Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kenilworth Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Kenilworth Elementary's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 333 (now 364). White enrollment moved from 27% to 18% across the same window.

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