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What's one thing Kensington Parkwood Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000892
Kensington Parkwood Elementary
4710 Saul Rd, Kensington, MD 20895 · (240) 740-3700 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
65 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
81.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.2pp since 2023
Math
72.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.2% | 72.6% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 72.2% |
% 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
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Kensington Parkwood Elementary
Kensington Parkwood Elementary's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Parkwood Elementary this school | 535 | 12.1% | 74.0% |
| Westbrook Elementary Bethesda | 468 | 13.0% | 78.9% |
| Poolesville Elementary Poolesville | 576 | 16.5% | 68.7% |
| Greenwood Elementary Brookeville | 534 | 12.0% | 73.0% |
| Wood Acres Elementary Bethesda | 609 | 7.2% | 85.8% |
| Lisbon Elementary Woodbine | 480 | 14.4% | 62.6% |
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 Kensington Parkwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #65 of 853 | #24 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #69 of 853 ▲ 4 | #25 of 131 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #50 of 853 ▲ 79 | #17 of 131 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #307 of 898 | #60 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #572 of 857 | #109 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #334 of 857 | #95 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.1% | #851 of 885 | #125 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #170 of 551 | #27 of 97 |
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
535
-61 (-10%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 535 | 35.9 | 14.9:1 | 12% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 37.5 | 14.9:1 | 12% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 37.4 | 15.8:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 37 | 16.1:1 | 11% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 657 | 36.5 | 18.0:1 | 9% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 5% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 36 | 18.5:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 377 | 20 | 18.9:1 | 10% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 21 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kensington Parkwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (657 to 535); teachers down 2% (36.5 to 35.9).
About Kensington Parkwood Elementary
Kensington, Maryland, is home to Kensington Parkwood Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 535 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
Kensington Parkwood Elementary belongs to Montgomery County Public Schools, a district of 208 schools and 159,181 students.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at Kensington Parkwood Elementary. Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 8% Black. That compares with about 42% White among all Montgomery County residents. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Kensington Parkwood Elementary are from different groups.
The school lists 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 65 students, or 12%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Montgomery County, the average is 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Kensington Parkwood Elementary lands at A, ahead of 85% of Maryland public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Kensington Parkwood Elementary, the prediction is 67.0% and the result is 74.0%.
In the wider Montgomery County area, the median household earns about $132,450 a year, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Montgomery County, 211 public schools serve about 159,181 students.
Garrett Park Elementary is the nearest public school to Kensington Parkwood Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 45.8%, lower than Kensington Parkwood Elementary's 74.0%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 535, compared with 596 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 14.9:1, from 16.1:1.
The discussion board for Kensington Parkwood Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
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- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Kensington
- Albert Einstein HighHigh · 1,991 students
- Silver Creek MiddleMiddle · 751 students
- Garrett Park ElementaryElementary · 724 students
- Newport Mill MiddleMiddle · 652 students
- Rock View ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- Stephen Knolls SchoolCombined · 51 students
Nearby schools
- Garrett Park Elementary0.8 mi · 724
- Silver Creek Middle1.1 mi · 751
- Rock View Elementary1.6 mi · 588
- Ashburton Elementary1.8 mi · 871
- Northwood High1.8 mi · 1,654
- Walter Johnson High1.9 mi · 3,016
Frequently asked questions
About Kensington Parkwood ElementaryHow large is Kensington Parkwood Elementary?
Kensington Parkwood Elementary enrolls approximately 535 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Kensington Parkwood Elementary serve?
Kensington Parkwood Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kensington Parkwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kensington Parkwood Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kensington Parkwood Elementary?
At Kensington Parkwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 57% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Kensington Parkwood Elementary public or private?
Kensington Parkwood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.