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What tradition at Little Bennett Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
614
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001543
Little Bennett Elementary
23930 Burdette Forest Rd, Clarksburg, MD 20871 · (240) 740-5660 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
13.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
180 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
76%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
62.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
53.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 65.2% | 55.1% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Little Bennett Elementary
Little Bennett Elementary's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Bennett Elementary this school | 614 | 29.3% | 59.1% |
| Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary Germantown | 530 | 28.7% | 72.5% |
| Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary Germantown | 673 | 33.6% | 59.9% |
| Cabin Branch Elementary Clarksburg | 645 | 28.1% | 69.0% |
| Bellows Spring Elementary Ellicott City | 806 | 26.3% | 60.0% |
| Fallsmead Elementary Rockville | 512 | 18.9% | 71.7% |
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 Little Bennett Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #229 of 853 | #63 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #253 of 853 ▼ 20 | #61 of 131 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #250 of 853 ▼ 71 | #55 of 131 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #192 of 898 | #34 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #373 of 857 | #85 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.6% | #21 of 857 | #12 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #718 of 885 | #93 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #499 of 551 | #89 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
614
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 844
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 614 | 45.3 | 13.6:1 | 29% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 44.5 | 13.7:1 | 27% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 46.7 | 13.5:1 | 27% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 639 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 21% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 41.6 | 15.1:1 | 18% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 16% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 844 | 46 | 18.4:1 | 13% (111) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Bennett Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (629 to 614); teachers up 9% (41.6 to 45.3).
About Little Bennett Elementary
Little Bennett Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Clarksburg, Maryland. It reported 614 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The school is 28% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Montgomery County Public Schools operates 208 schools. Combined enrollment is 159,181 students.
Of every 100 students at Little Bennett Elementary, about 33 are Asian, the largest group. Other students are 25% Black, 21% White, 16% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 15% Asian share among all Montgomery County residents. A diversity index of 76% means there is a 76% chance two randomly chosen students at Little Bennett Elementary are from different groups.
Little Bennett Elementary reported 45.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Roughly 29% of students at Little Bennett Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
On the allk12 Grade, Little Bennett Elementary lands at B, ahead of 63% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 56.9% at Little Bennett Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.1%.
In the surrounding county, Montgomery County, the median household earns about $132,450 a year, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Little Bennett Elementary, Montgomery County has 211 public schools.
Clarksburg Elementary is the nearest public school to Little Bennett Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Little Bennett Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Little Bennett Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% decline, from 639 to 614.
The allk12 page for Little Bennett Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Clarksburg
- Clarksburg HighHigh · 2,241 students
- Rocky Hill MiddleMiddle · 1,010 students
- Hallie Wells MiddleMiddle · 931 students
- Cabin Branch ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- Snowden Farm ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Wilson Wims Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
Nearby schools
- Clarksburg Elementary0.7 mi · 365
- Wilson Wims Elementary School1.0 mi · 484
- Clarksburg High1.5 mi · 2,241
- Rocky Hill Middle1.8 mi · 1,010
- Snowden Farm Elementary1.9 mi · 578
- Cabin Branch Elementary1.9 mi · 645
Frequently asked questions
About Little Bennett ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Little Bennett Elementary?
Little Bennett Elementary enrolls approximately 614 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Little Bennett Elementary serve?
Little Bennett Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Little Bennett Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Little Bennett Elementary is approximately 13.6:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Little Bennett Elementary?
Student demographics at Little Bennett Elementary are roughly 21% White, 16% Hispanic, 25% Black, 33% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Little Bennett Elementary public or private?
Little Bennett 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.