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Enrollment
747
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001368
Port Towns Elementary
4351 58th Ave, Bladensburg, MD 20710 · (301) 985-1480 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL747 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Maryland public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.3:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
694 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
44%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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
15.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
12.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.1% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 16.8% | 11.4% |
% 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
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 Port Towns Elementary
Port Towns Elementary's state test result (13.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Towns Elementary this school | 747 | 92.9% | 13.8% |
| Bladensburg Elementary Bladensburg | 713 | 91.4% | 30.1% |
| Calverton Elementary Beltsville | 767 | 94.5% | 25.9% |
| Edward M. Felegy ES Hyattsville | 641 | 93.6% | 25.9% |
| James McHenry Elementary Lanham | 610 | 91.6% | 20.1% |
| Thomas S. Stone Elementary Mt Rainier | 580 | 89.1% | 23.1% |
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 Port Towns Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #845 of 853 | #136 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #831 of 853 ▼ 18 | #126 of 136 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #840 of 853 ▼ 31 | #134 of 136 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 747 | #64 of 898 | #8 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #331 of 857 | #74 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #595 of 857 | #87 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #39 of 885 | #31 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.0% | #38 of 551 | #6 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
747
-235 (-24%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 840
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 747 | 56.3 | 13.3:1 | 93% (694) |
| 2023-24 | 913 | 58.5 | 15.6:1 | 86% (783) |
| 2022-23 | 955 | 63.5 | 15.0:1 | 90% (863) |
| 2020-21 | 982 | 72 | 13.6:1 | 89% (871) |
| 2017-18 | 1,150 | 74 | 15.5:1 | 88% (1,013) |
| 2015-16 | 1,057 | 70 | 15.1:1 | 85% (903) |
| 2010-11 | 840 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 87% (733) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Port Towns Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (1,150 to 747); teachers down 24% (74 to 56.3).
About Port Towns Elementary
Port Towns Elementary is a large elementary school in Bladensburg, Maryland, one of the schools in Prince George's County Public Schools. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 747 students. Elementary schools in Maryland have about 481 students on average; enrollment here is 55% higher.
Prince George's County Public Schools counts 199 schools and 132,693 students, including Port Towns Elementary.
Hispanic students are 71% of those enrolled at Port Towns Elementary. Next come 25% Black and 2% White. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Prince George's County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
The school's 56.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is similar, at 13.8:1. Income data for the school show 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Prince George's County average 79%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Port Towns Elementary outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Port Towns Elementary is 5.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (13.8% versus 19.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
American Community Survey estimates for Prince George's County show that median household income comes to about $101,798, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 203, with about 132,693 students.
Port Towns Elementary is about 0.1 miles from Rogers Heights Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 13.8% is below the 25.3% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Port Towns Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 982 students in 2020-21 to 747 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Port Towns Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Bladensburg
- Bladensburg HighHigh · 2,114 students
- Bladensburg ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Rogers Heights ElementaryElementary · 450 students
- International High School @ Langley ParkHigh · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Rogers Heights Elementary0.1 mi · 450
- Bladensburg High0.4 mi · 2,114
- Cooper Lane Elementary0.8 mi · 407
- Ellen Ochoa Middle1.0 mi · 1,086
- Beacon Heights Elementary1.1 mi · 342
- Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary1.1 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Port Towns ElementaryHow many students attend Port Towns Elementary?
Port Towns Elementary enrolls approximately 747 students in grades PK-05.
Is Port Towns Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Port Towns Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Port Towns Elementary?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Port Towns Elementary.
How diverse is Port Towns Elementary?
Port Towns Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 71% Hispanic, 25% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Port Towns Elementary in?
Port Towns Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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