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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000868
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary
14516 Nadine Dr, Rockville, MD 20853 · (240) 740-3260 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
267 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 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 165 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 164 | 26% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 59% smaller than its 5th grade class (164).
Student demographics
72%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
55.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -11.0pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.7% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 62.1% |
% 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary this school | 621 | 43.0% | 60.2% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Gaithersburg | 553 | 43.9% | 45.0% |
| Phelps Luck Elementary Columbia | 681 | 46.5% | 51.8% |
| Flora M. Singer Elementary Silver Spring | 653 | 37.2% | 48.5% |
| Maryvale Elementary Rockville | 617 | 49.4% | 61.5% |
| Clearspring Elementary Damascus | 541 | 42.3% | 57.6% |
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 Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #214 of 853 | #55 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #233 of 853 ▼ 74 | #58 of 131 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #348 of 853 ▼ 185 | #71 of 131 ▼ 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #184 of 898 | #30 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #369 of 857 | #84 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #109 of 857 | #34 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #585 of 885 | #66 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #242 of 551 | #39 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
621
-80 (-11%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 621 | 45.9 | 13.5:1 | 43% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 46.9 | 13.8:1 | 39% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 657 | 50.8 | 12.9:1 | 43% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 53 | 13.2:1 | 32% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 49.2 | 14.7:1 | 30% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 47 | 15.1:1 | 28% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 30% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 15% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 27 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (725 to 621); teachers down 7% (49.2 to 45.9).
About Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Rockville, Maryland. A total of 621 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 29% larger than average.
Montgomery County Public Schools enrolls 159,181 students, and its 208 schools include Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary, 39% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 30% White, 15% Black, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Montgomery County's population at about 21%. Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary total 45.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. The school counts 267 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 43%. That is close to the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
The allk12 Grade for Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary is A-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Maryland, Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.2% actual against a predicted 48.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Montgomery County, median household income is about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 159,181 students.
Earle B. Wood Middle is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 701 in 2020-21 and 621 in 2024-25, a decrease of 80 students.
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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
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- Earle B. Wood Middle0.2 mi · 1,019
- Rock Creek Valley Elementary0.8 mi · 332
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- Flower Valley Elementary1.0 mi · 524
- Parkland Middle1.0 mi · 1,185
- Meadow Hall Elementary1.0 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Lucy V. Barnsley ElementaryHow many students attend Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary?
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary enrolls approximately 621 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary serve?
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary.
How diverse is Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary?
Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary reports a student body of 30% White, 39% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary public or private?
Lucy V. Barnsley 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.