Montgomery Knolls Elementary

Montgomery Knolls Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Silver Spring, Maryland, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 477 students spanning grades pre-K through 2.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 208 schools and 159,181 students, Montgomery Knolls Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Montgomery Knolls Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Black, 20% White, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Montgomery Knolls Elementary reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Montgomery Knolls Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at Montgomery Knolls Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Montgomery Knolls Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oak View Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montgomery Knolls Elementary.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 493 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 13% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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