Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001100
Marlton Elementary
8506 Old Colony Dr S, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 · (301) 952-7780 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-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
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
204 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
35.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -8.4pp since 2023
Math
23.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.2% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 16.4% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Marlton Elementary
Marlton Elementary's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlton Elementary this school | 309 | 66.0% | 29.7% |
| Hernwood Elementary Randallstown | 350 | 65.4% | 35.7% |
| Church Lane Elementary Randallstown | 273 | 66.7% | 39.0% |
| Deer Park Elementary Owings Mills | 384 | 66.9% | 52.6% |
| Imagine Foundations at Morningside PCS Morningside | 357 | 62.5% | 48.5% |
| Randallstown Elementary Randallstown | 322 | 57.8% | 45.9% |
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 Marlton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #647 of 853 | #70 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #692 of 853 ▲ 71 | #78 of 136 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #632 of 853 ▼ 177 | #77 of 136 ▼ 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #741 of 898 | #115 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #374 of 857 | #83 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #721 of 857 | #115 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.0% | #327 of 885 | #101 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #268 of 294 | #33 of 39 |
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
309
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 309 | 22.8 | 13.6:1 | 66% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 23.3 | 13.3:1 | 59% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 22.3 | 13.9:1 | 62% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 22 | 13.5:1 | 45% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 22.9 | 13.3:1 | 42% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 21 | 15.6:1 | 47% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 36% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 30 | 19.8:1 | 26% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 23 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marlton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (304 to 309); teachers unchanged (22.9 to 22.8).
About Marlton Elementary
The public elementary school Marlton Elementary is located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The school serves 309 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students.
Prince George's County Public Schools counts 132,693 students in its 199 schools, and Marlton Elementary is one of them.
Marlton Elementary's enrollment is 83% Black. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 24 points above the 59% share among Prince George's County residents. The school's diversity index is 30%, meaning two students picked at random have a 30% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 22.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.6:1. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The school's lunch program data list 66% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Prince George's County report 79%.
The allk12 Grade for Marlton Elementary is C-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Marlton Elementary is 35.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.7%.
In Prince George's County (population about 959,754), the median household income is $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Marlton Elementary is one of 203 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Frederick Douglass High, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Marlton Elementary's average proficiency of 29.7% compares with 36.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Marlton Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Marlton Elementary's enrollment grew 4%, to 309.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Upper Marlboro
- Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. HighHigh · 2,291 students
- Chesapeake Math and IT South Public CharterCombined · 1,503 students
- Frederick Douglass HighHigh · 1,183 students
- Largo HighHigh · 1,159 students
- Kettering MiddleMiddle · 874 students
- James Madison MiddleMiddle · 800 students
Other Marlton Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Marlton Elementary. Marlton Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Marlton ElementaryMARLTON, NJ · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Frederick Douglass High0.7 mi · 1,183
- Mattaponi Elementary1.9 mi · 391
- Rosaryville Elementary1.9 mi · 517
- Friendship Aspire Bowie Charter2.2 mi · 140
- Melwood Elementary2.9 mi · 531
- James Madison Middle3.0 mi · 800
Frequently asked questions
About Marlton ElementaryHow large is Marlton Elementary?
Marlton Elementary enrolls approximately 309 students in grades PK-05.
Is Marlton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marlton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Marlton Elementary?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Marlton Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Marlton Elementary?
Student demographics at Marlton Elementary are roughly 2% White, 11% Hispanic, 83% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Marlton Elementary public or private?
Marlton Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.