Perrywood Elementary

Set in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Perrywood Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school, part of Prince George's County Public Schools. It caters to 529 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools (132,693 students total), Perrywood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Perrywood Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Perrywood Elementary lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Perrywood Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Perrywood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.4%.

In the broader community, Prince George's County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), Perrywood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Imagine Foundations at Leeland PCS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Perrywood Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Perrywood Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 34.4%.

Perrywood Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 647 students in 2018 compared to 529 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 93% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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