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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000875
Mill Creek Towne Elementary
17700 Park Mill Dr, Rockville, MD 20855 · (240) 740-1820 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest 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
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
256 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 | 23 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 61% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
74%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
53.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +14.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.4% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 37.7% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Mill Creek Towne Elementary
Mill Creek Towne Elementary's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Towne Elementary this school | 528 | 48.5% | 48.0% |
| Fields Road Elementary Gaithersburg | 453 | 51.0% | 54.1% |
| Maryvale Elementary Rockville | 617 | 49.4% | 61.5% |
| Clearspring Elementary Damascus | 541 | 42.3% | 57.6% |
| Great Seneca Creek Elementary Germantown | 487 | 54.2% | 42.4% |
| Sequoyah Elementary Derwood | 460 | 46.7% | 44.1% |
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 Mill Creek Towne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #359 of 853 | #77 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #278 of 853 ▲ 153 | #66 of 131 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #371 of 853 ▲ 7 | #73 of 131 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #325 of 898 | #63 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #194 of 857 | #57 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #46 of 857 | #26 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #540 of 885 | #61 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.7% | #29 of 294 | #2 of 34 |
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
528
+46 (+10%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 528 | 43.5 | 12.1:1 | 48% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 38.2 | 13.0:1 | 48% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 38.7 | 12.1:1 | 54% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 38 | 12.7:1 | 40% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 30.6 | 12.7:1 | 50% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 50% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 35% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 30% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 29 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mill Creek Towne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (389 to 528); teachers up 42% (30.6 to 43.5).
About Mill Creek Towne Elementary
Mill Creek Towne Elementary is an elementary school in Rockville, Maryland, reachable at (240) 740-1820. The school has 528 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools with a combined 159,181 students. Mill Creek Towne Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students make up 39% of enrollment at Mill Creek Towne Elementary, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 20% White, 19% Black, 14% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Montgomery County's population at about 21%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 43.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is higher. Roughly 48% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Mill Creek Towne Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.5% for Mill Creek Towne Elementary. The school posts 48.0%, 2.5 points above the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Montgomery County, the median household earns about $132,450 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Mill Creek Towne Elementary, Montgomery County has 211 public schools.
Shady Grove Middle sits about 0.5 miles from Mill Creek Towne Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Mill Creek Towne Elementary places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Mill Creek Towne Elementary as Suburb: Large.
The school grew from 482 students in 2020-21 to 528 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Mill Creek Towne Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Rockville
- Richard Montgomery HighHigh · 2,366 students
- Thomas S. Wootton HighHigh · 1,870 students
- Col. Zadok Magruder HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 1,654 students
- Rockville HighHigh · 1,550 students
- Julius West MiddleMiddle · 1,365 students
Nearby schools
- Shady Grove Middle0.5 mi · 514
- Redland Middle1.2 mi · 562
- Candlewood Elementary1.3 mi · 358
- Flower Hill Elementary1.3 mi · 454
- Harriet R. Tubman Elementary1.5 mi · 571
- Washington Grove Elementary1.6 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Mill Creek Towne ElementaryHow many students attend Mill Creek Towne Elementary?
Mill Creek Towne Elementary enrolls approximately 528 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mill Creek Towne Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mill Creek Towne Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Towne Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Towne Elementary is approximately 12.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mill Creek Towne Elementary?
Student demographics at Mill Creek Towne Elementary are roughly 20% White, 39% Hispanic, 19% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Mill Creek Towne Elementary in?
Mill Creek Towne Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.