Mill Creek Towne Elementary

Mill Creek Towne Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Rockville, Maryland, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, with 528 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students total), Mill Creek Towne Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Mill Creek Towne Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 20% White, 19% Black, 14% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mill Creek Towne Elementary has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mill Creek Towne Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 48.0%.

Across the wider county, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Mill Creek Towne Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Shady Grove Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mill Creek Towne Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Mill Creek Towne Elementary's enrollment has increased 36% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 528). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 48% to 39%.

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