Kettering Elementary

Kettering Elementary is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, run under Prince George's County Public Schools, with 415 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Prince George's County Public Schools comprises 199 schools with combined enrollment of 132,693 students; Kettering Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kettering Elementary records that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Kettering Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kettering Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.8%; this one delivers 27.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Prince George's County put the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), Kettering Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kettering Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Kettering Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kettering Elementary's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 434 (now 415). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.