Meadow Hall Elementary
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 33.3% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% 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%.
Schools most like Meadow Hall Elementary
Meadow Hall Elementary's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Hall Elementary this school | 348 | 66.1% | 38.6% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Hyattsville | 355 | 65.1% | 31.5% |
| Summit Hall Elementary Gaithersburg | 413 | 67.6% | 24.4% |
| Brookhaven Elementary Rockville | 436 | 60.8% | 39.5% |
| Clay Hill Public Charter School Baltimore | 335 | 60.3% | 32.7% |
| Twinbrook Elementary Rockville | 459 | 57.1% | 34.0% |
Where Meadow Hall Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #491 of 853 | #99 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #516 of 853 ▼ 13 | #104 of 131 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #540 of 853 ▼ 105 | #101 of 131 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #687 of 898 | #124 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #12 of 857 | #3 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #432 of 857 | #113 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #323 of 885 | #10 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #183 of 551 | #29 of 97 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 348 | 36.4 | 9.6:1 | 66% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 34.3 | 11.0:1 | 60% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 34 | 11.4:1 | 64% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 36 | 11.3:1 | 57% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 37.8 | 11.2:1 | 58% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 53% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 50% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 29% (112) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 21 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (423 to 348); teachers down 4% (37.8 to 36.4).
About Meadow Hall Elementary
In Rockville, Maryland, part of Montgomery County, Meadow Hall Elementary is an elementary school. The latest federal count shows 348 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 28% smaller than average.
Montgomery County Public Schools enrolls 159,181 students, and its 208 schools include Meadow Hall Elementary.
Meadow Hall Elementary's enrollment is 63% Hispanic. Next come 16% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. That compares with about 21% Hispanic among all Montgomery County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Meadow Hall Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
At Meadow Hall Elementary, 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 9.6:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 66% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Montgomery County is 40%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Meadow Hall Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Maryland, Meadow Hall Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.6% actual against a predicted 35.1%.
Montgomery County census figures show that median household income is about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Meadow Hall Elementary is among the 211 public schools in Montgomery County.
Of nearby public schools, Rockville High is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Meadow Hall Elementary ranks 6th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 406 in 2020-21 and 348 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.3:1 to 9.6:1.
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