Longfields Elementary

Longfields Elementary is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in Forestville, Maryland, part of Prince George's County Public Schools, teacheing 256 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 481.

Within Prince George's County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 132,693 students, Longfields Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Longfields Elementary lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 33% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Longfields Elementary reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Longfields Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 21.1%; Longfields Elementary posts 53.6%, +32.5 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Prince George's County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Longfields Elementary is one.

North Forestville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Longfields Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Longfields Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Longfields Elementary has fell 10%, going from 283 students in 2018 to 256 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 18% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.