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Enrollment
734
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001257
Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem
2405 Tecumseh St, Adelphi, MD 20783 · (301) 408-7900 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
681 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 39 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
16%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
28.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
34.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +20.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.2% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 14.3% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem
Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem this school | 734 | 92.8% | 24.1% |
| Langley Park-McCormick Elementary Hyattsville | 697 | 95.6% | 17.4% |
| Rosa L. Parks Elementary Hyattsville | 607 | 89.6% | 15.6% |
| Cherokee Lane Elementary Adelphi | 863 | 90.3% | 34.3% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Hyattsville | 631 | 89.5% | 23.9% |
| Carole Highlands Elementary Takoma Park | 544 | 92.5% | 14.2% |
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 Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #735 of 853 | #97 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #521 of 853 ▲ 267 | #33 of 136 ▲ 80 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #742 of 853 ▲ 39 | #104 of 136 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #75 of 898 | #10 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #460 of 857 | #102 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #815 of 857 | #132 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #43 of 885 | #33 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #101 of 551 | #22 of 99 |
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
734
-257 (-26%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 810
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 734 | 52 | 14.1:1 | 93% (681) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 56.7 | 13.8:1 | 88% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 984 | 65.2 | 15.1:1 | 95% (931) |
| 2020-21 | 991 | 76 | 13.0:1 | 90% (891) |
| 2017-18 | 971 | 72.5 | 13.4:1 | 91% (881) |
| 2015-16 | 954 | 63 | 15.1:1 | 93% (887) |
| 2010-11 | 810 | 51 | 15.9:1 | 87% (701) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (971 to 734); teachers down 28% (72.5 to 52).
About Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem
Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in Adelphi, Maryland. It enrolled 734 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
Enrollment across the 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools totals 132,693 students.
About 91% of the student body at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 5% Black. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Prince George's County residents. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem total 52 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.1:1. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The school counts 681 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 93%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 24.1% actual against 19.3% predicted.
Census estimates describe Prince George's County this way: the median household income is $101,798, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Prince George's County has 203 public schools and roughly 132,693 students.
Adelphi Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 21.3% on proficiency, and Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem is above that at 24.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem dropped 26% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 991 to 734 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Adelphi
- Buck Lodge MiddleMiddle · 1,200 students
- Sonia Sotomayor Middle at AdelphiMiddle · 1,077 students
- Cherokee Lane ElementaryElementary · 863 students
- Adelphi ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Cool Spring ElementaryElementary · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Adelphi Elementary0.4 mi · 505
- Sonia Sotomayor Middle at Adelphi0.4 mi · 1,077
- Cool Spring Elementary0.4 mi · 458
- Buck Lodge Middle0.8 mi · 1,200
- Cherokee Lane Elementary0.9 mi · 863
- Langley Park-McCormick Elementary0.9 mi · 697
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Harris Mother Jones ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem?
Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem enrolls approximately 734 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem serve?
Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem.
What is the student diversity at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem?
Student demographics at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem are roughly 1% White, 91% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem in?
Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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