Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001113
North Forestville Elementary
2311 Ritchie Rd, Forestville, MD 20747 · (301) 499-7098 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
255 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
24.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
14.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -15.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 14.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 29.4% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 North Forestville Elementary
North Forestville Elementary's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Forestville Elementary this school | 271 | 94.1% | 24.4% |
| Apple Grove Elementary Fort Washington | 277 | 93.5% | 31.1% |
| James H. Harrison Elementary Laurel | 304 | 91.4% | 31.3% |
| James Ryder Randall Elementary Clinton | 299 | 91.6% | 26.1% |
| Avalon Elementary Fort Washington | 302 | 90.1% | 36.6% |
| Seabrook Elementary Seabrook | 365 | 90.7% | 37.3% |
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 North Forestville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #732 of 853 | #95 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #815 of 853 ▼ 264 | #119 of 136 ▼ 80 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #784 of 853 ▼ 121 | #118 of 136 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #789 of 898 | #128 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #534 of 857 | #114 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #485 of 857 | #55 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #18 of 885 | #12 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #104 of 551 | #24 of 99 |
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
271
+18 (+7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 271 | 18.5 | 14.7:1 | 94% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 16 | 16.1:1 | 81% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 22.2 | 12.8:1 | 83% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 23 | 11.0:1 | 76% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 31 | 11.6:1 | 77% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 35 | 9.3:1 | 77% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 31 | 11.2:1 | 64% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 51% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 29 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Forestville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (358 to 271); teachers down 40% (31 to 18.5).
About North Forestville Elementary
North Forestville Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school based in Forestville, Maryland. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 271 students. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 44% smaller than average.
Prince George's County Public Schools is the district for North Forestville Elementary. It has 199 schools and 132,693 students.
By race and ethnicity, North Forestville Elementary is 54% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 42% Black. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Prince George's County residents. North Forestville Elementary has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at North Forestville Elementary is 18.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.7:1. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The school counts 255 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 94%. That rate is above the 79% average among public schools in Prince George's County.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, North Forestville Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 18.5% at North Forestville Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.4%.
North Forestville Elementary is located in Prince George's County, where median household income is about $101,798, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. North Forestville Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County, which together enroll about 132,693 students.
Nearest public school: Longfields Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, North Forestville Elementary is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 253 in 2020-21 and 271 in 2024-25, a 7% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.0:1 to 14.7:1.
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Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Forestville
- Samuel P. Massie AcademyElementary · 477 students
- Andrew Jackson AcademyElementary · 458 students
- Longfields ElementaryElementary · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Longfields Elementary0.9 mi · 256
- John H. Bayne Elementary1.2 mi · 339
- District Heights Elementary1.3 mi · 365
- Walker Mill Middle1.5 mi · 1,054
- Francis Scott Key Elementary1.6 mi · 451
- H Winship Wheatley E C C1.6 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About North Forestville ElementaryHow many students attend North Forestville Elementary?
North Forestville Elementary enrolls approximately 271 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does North Forestville Elementary serve?
North Forestville Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Forestville Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Forestville Elementary is approximately 14.7:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is North Forestville Elementary?
North Forestville Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 54% Hispanic, 42% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees North Forestville Elementary?
North Forestville Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
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