Enrollment
164
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000876
Monocacy Elementary
18801 Barnesville Road, Dickerson, MD 20842 · (240) 740-5790 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL164 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
38 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 26 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
51%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
46.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -11.9pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 67.1% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Monocacy Elementary
Monocacy Elementary's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monocacy Elementary this school | 164 | 23.2% | 57.1% |
| West Annapolis Elementary Annapolis | 234 | 17.5% | 80.6% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary Knoxville | 186 | 27.4% | 64.0% |
| Deale Elementary Deale | 203 | 19.7% | 58.8% |
| Wolfsville Elementary Myersville | 163 | 35.0% | 69.0% |
| White Marsh Elementary Mechanicsville | 220 | 35.5% | 71.7% |
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 Monocacy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #252 of 853 | #66 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #236 of 853 ▼ 126 | #59 of 131 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #472 of 853 ▼ 202 | #90 of 131 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 164 | #872 of 898 | #137 of 139 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #763 of 885 | #104 of 137 |
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
164
+28 (+21%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 193
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 164 | 14.8 | 11.1:1 | 23% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 180 | 15.8 | 11.4:1 | 21% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 167 | 14.8 | 11.3:1 | 28% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | 10 | 13.6:1 | 23% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 146 | 10 | 14.6:1 | 19% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 167 | 9 | 18.6:1 | 19% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 169 | 11 | 15.4:1 | 14% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 276 | 15 | 18.4:1 | 9% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 193 | 10 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monocacy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (146 to 164); teachers up 48% (10 to 14.8).
About Monocacy Elementary
Monocacy Elementary is an elementary school in Dickerson, Maryland, reachable at (240) 740-5790. It educates 164 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 66% smaller than the 481 average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Enrollment across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools totals 159,181 students.
White students are the majority at Monocacy Elementary, with 66% of enrollment. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Montgomery County as a whole is about 42% White, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.1:1, with 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Monocacy Elementary is 23%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Montgomery County is 40%.
The allk12 Grade for Monocacy Elementary is B-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Monocacy Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.1%; the prediction is 60.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Montgomery County show that the median household income is $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Monocacy Elementary, Montgomery County has 210 other public schools.
The school nearest to Monocacy Elementary is Cabin Branch Elementary, at a distance of about 5.3 miles. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Monocacy Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Monocacy Elementary the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Monocacy Elementary grew 21% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 136 to 164 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Monocacy Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Monocacy Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Monocacy Elementary. Monocacy Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Monocacy ElementaryFrederick, MD · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Cabin Branch Elementary5.3 mi · 645
- Poolesville Elementary5.6 mi · 576
- Poolesville High5.8 mi · 1,351
- Clarksburg Elementary6.0 mi · 365
- Little Bennett Elementary6.5 mi · 614
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle6.5 mi · 841
Frequently asked questions
About Monocacy ElementaryHow many students attend Monocacy Elementary?
Monocacy Elementary enrolls approximately 164 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Monocacy Elementary serve?
Monocacy Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Monocacy Elementary have?
Monocacy Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Monocacy Elementary?
Student demographics at Monocacy Elementary are roughly 66% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Monocacy Elementary in?
Monocacy Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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