North Forestville Elementary

As a close-knit elementary-level community in Forestville, Maryland, North Forestville Elementary educates 271 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Prince George's County Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so North Forestville Elementary sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Prince George's County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 132,693 students, North Forestville Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, North Forestville Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 42% Black. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at North Forestville Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Forestville Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate 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%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which North Forestville Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Longfields Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Forestville Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.0%.

North Forestville Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. North Forestville Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 358 (now 271). Black enrollment moved from 77% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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