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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Poolesville Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000896
Poolesville Elementary
19565 Fisher Ave, Poolesville, MD 20837 · (240) 740-5870 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
95 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
69.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
68.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 68.6% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 62.5% |
% 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Poolesville Elementary
Poolesville Elementary's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poolesville Elementary this school | 576 | 16.5% | 68.7% |
| Kensington Parkwood Elementary Kensington | 535 | 12.1% | 74.0% |
| Westbrook Elementary Bethesda | 468 | 13.0% | 78.9% |
| Crofton Elementary Crofton | 621 | 17.7% | 66.0% |
| Emmorton Elementary Bel Air | 584 | 22.6% | 71.8% |
| Olney Elementary Olney | 585 | 22.4% | 68.4% |
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 Poolesville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #116 of 853 | #37 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #108 of 853 ▲ 46 | #33 of 131 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #146 of 853 ▼ 49 | #37 of 131 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #244 of 898 | #44 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #805 of 857 | #132 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #312 of 857 | #90 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.5% | #819 of 885 | #117 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.6% | #44 of 294 | #4 of 34 |
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
576
+102 (+22%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 576 | 33.7 | 17.1:1 | 16% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 33.6 | 16.7:1 | 17% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 32.3 | 17.6:1 | 20% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 25.3 | 17.7:1 | 12% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 14% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 10% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 32 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Poolesville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (448 to 576); teachers up 33% (25.3 to 33.7).
About Poolesville Elementary
Located in Poolesville, Maryland, Poolesville Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 576 students.
Montgomery County Public Schools includes 208 schools. Together they enroll 159,181 students.
At Poolesville Elementary, White students make up 55% of the student body. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. Montgomery County as a whole is about 42% White, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.1:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Eligible students account for 16% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 40% for public schools in Montgomery County.
The allk12 Grade for Poolesville Elementary is A-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Poolesville Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 64.5%. Poolesville Elementary scores 68.7%, 4.2 points above that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Montgomery County, the median household income is $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 211 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 159,181 students in all.
Poolesville High is the public school closest to Poolesville Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Poolesville Elementary's average proficiency of 68.7% compares with 69.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal data show a 22% enrollment gain, from 474 in 2020-21 to 576 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Poolesville Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Poolesville
- Poolesville HighHigh · 1,351 students
- John Poole MiddleMiddle · 467 students
Nearby schools
- Poolesville High0.6 mi · 1,351
- John Poole Middle1.3 mi · 467
- Monocacy Elementary5.6 mi · 164
- Riverside High5.7 mi · 1,710
- Belmont Ridge Middle5.8 mi · 1,071
- Algonkian Elementary6.0 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Poolesville ElementaryHow large is Poolesville Elementary?
Poolesville Elementary enrolls approximately 576 students in grades KG-05.
Is Poolesville Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Poolesville Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Poolesville Elementary have?
Poolesville Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Poolesville Elementary?
Student demographics at Poolesville Elementary are roughly 55% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Poolesville Elementary public or private?
Poolesville Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.