Laytonsville Elementary

Laytonsville Elementary operates as a small elementary-level community in Gaithersburg, Maryland, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 355 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Laytonsville Elementary is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that works with 159,181 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Laytonsville Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 29% White, 16% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at school resources, Laytonsville Elementary shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Laytonsville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 59.9%, a residual of +6.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) logs that median household earnings sit near $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Laytonsville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Judith A. Resnik Elementary, roughly 1.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Laytonsville Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Laytonsville Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 377 (now 355). Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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