Montpelier Elementary

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in Laurel, Maryland, Montpelier Elementary serves 573 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Prince George's County Public Schools.

Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 132,693 students. Montpelier Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Montpelier Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. Compared to Prince George's County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Montpelier Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 20.4%; Montpelier Elementary posts 37.9%, +17.5 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Prince George's County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Montpelier Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

The closest other public school is Deerfield Run Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Montpelier Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Montpelier Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 571 (now 573). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Montpelier Elementary community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.