Oak View Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary school in Silver Spring, Maryland, Oak View Elementary teaches 423 students from grades 3 through 5, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Oak View Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Oak View Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 18% White, 15% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oak View Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Oak View Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Nearest neighbor: Highland View Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak View Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oak View Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 471 students in 2018 compared to 423 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 11% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Oak View Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.