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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001217
Lake Arbor Elementary
10205 Lake Arbor Way, Mitchellville, MD 20721 · (301) 808-5940 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
13.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
540 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
40.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
36.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 25.9% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Lake Arbor Elementary
Lake Arbor Elementary's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Arbor Elementary this school | 593 | 91.1% | 34.0% |
| James McHenry Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 588 | 89.5% | 14.9% |
| Montebello Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 542 | 88.6% | 21.8% |
| Beechfield Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 510 | 87.8% | 14.8% |
| City Springs Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 483 | 88.2% | 24.6% |
| Samuel P. Massie Academy Forestville | 477 | 93.5% | 17.3% |
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 Lake Arbor Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #563 of 853 | #47 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #485 of 853 ▲ 117 | #26 of 136 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #562 of 853 ▲ 49 | #58 of 136 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #223 of 898 | #22 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #326 of 857 | #73 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #805 of 857 | #129 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #71 of 885 | #59 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #231 of 294 | #29 of 39 |
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
593
+64 (+12%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 593 | 44.9 | 13.2:1 | 91% (540) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 35.9 | 15.5:1 | 72% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 30.9 | 17.6:1 | 73% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 61% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 33.4 | 17.2:1 | 55% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 32 | 19.9:1 | 59% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | 43 | 18.9:1 | 41% (332) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Arbor Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (574 to 593); teachers up 34% (33.4 to 44.9).
About Lake Arbor Elementary
Lake Arbor Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Maryland, with an address in Mitchellville. The school enrolls 593 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average enrollment is about 481.
Prince George's County Public Schools is responsible for 199 schools, Lake Arbor Elementary included, with 132,693 students in all.
Lake Arbor Elementary is 90% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Prince George's County's population at about 59%. The diversity index for Lake Arbor Elementary is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Lake Arbor Elementary, there are about 13.2 students; the school has 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 91%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Lake Arbor Elementary outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 20.3% for a school in Maryland with Lake Arbor Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lake Arbor Elementary posts 34.0%.
Census data for Prince George's County show the median household earns about $101,798 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Lake Arbor Elementary, Prince George's County has 203 public schools.
The closest school to Lake Arbor Elementary is Ernest Everett Just Middle, located about 0.2 miles away. Lake Arbor Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lake Arbor Elementary at 4th of 9.
Lake Arbor Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school grew from 529 students in 2020-21 to 593 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.7:1 to 13.2:1.
The discussion board for Lake Arbor Elementary is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Mitchellville
- Ernest Everett Just MiddleMiddle · 752 students
- Kingsford ElementaryElementary · 458 students
- C. Elizabeth RiegCombined · 148 students
Nearby schools
- Ernest Everett Just Middle0.2 mi · 752
- Phyllis E. Williams Elementary1.1 mi · 326
- Kettering Middle1.2 mi · 874
- Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC1.2 mi · 462
- Kettering Elementary1.2 mi · 415
- Largo High1.3 mi · 1,159
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Arbor ElementaryHow large is Lake Arbor Elementary?
Lake Arbor Elementary enrolls approximately 593 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lake Arbor Elementary serve?
Lake Arbor Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lake Arbor Elementary?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Lake Arbor Elementary.
How diverse is Lake Arbor Elementary?
Lake Arbor Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 5% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Arbor Elementary?
Lake Arbor Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.