Magnolia Elementary

Magnolia Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Lanham, Maryland, part of Prince George's County Public Schools, with 442 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools (132,693 students total), Magnolia Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Magnolia Elementary lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder reads as 22% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% White, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Magnolia Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Magnolia Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Magnolia Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Prince George's County put the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Magnolia Elementary is one.

Eleanor Roosevelt High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Magnolia Elementary. On composite proficiency, Magnolia Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Magnolia Elementary has shrank 11%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 71% to 62% across the same window.

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