Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001136
Princeton Elementary
6101 Baxter Dr, Suitland, MD 20746 · (301) 702-7650 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
253 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
53%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
33.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
15.2%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 19.0% |
% 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Princeton Elementary
Princeton Elementary's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton Elementary this school | 269 | 94.1% | 25.1% |
| Seat Pleasant Elementary Capital Heights | 284 | 95.8% | 21.1% |
| Doswell E. Brooks Elementary Capital Heights | 291 | 90.7% | 29.8% |
| Longfields Elementary Forestville | 256 | 89.8% | 53.6% |
| James Ryder Randall Elementary Clinton | 299 | 91.6% | 26.1% |
| Avalon Elementary Fort Washington | 302 | 90.1% | 36.6% |
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 Princeton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #717 of 853 | #91 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #800 of 853 ▼ 79 | #113 of 136 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #672 of 853 ▼ 56 | #82 of 136 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #794 of 898 | #129 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #130 of 857 | #24 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #479 of 857 | #53 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #21 of 885 | #15 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #83 of 551 | #18 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
269
-17 (-6%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 269 | 23.3 | 11.6:1 | 94% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 28 | 10.7:1 | 90% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 80% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 22 | 13.0:1 | 79% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 25.8 | 14.3:1 | 74% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 80% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 77% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 56% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 24 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Princeton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (368 to 269); teachers down 10% (25.8 to 23.3).
About Princeton Elementary
Princeton Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Suitland, Maryland. The school has 269 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
The 199 schools of Prince George's County Public Schools, including Princeton Elementary, enroll 132,693 students.
The student body at Princeton Elementary is 60% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Hispanic and 2% Asian. Among Prince George's County residents, the Black share is about 59%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
The school's 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Princeton Elementary, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Prince George's County, the average is 79%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Princeton Elementary outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Princeton Elementary is +6.5 points: 25.1% actual, 18.6% predicted.
The school is in Prince George's County, where the median household earns about $101,798 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Princeton Elementary shares Prince George's County with 202 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Imagine Andrews Public Charter is closest at about 1.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Princeton Elementary comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 269, down from 286 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 13.0 in 2020-21 to 11.6 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Princeton Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Suitland
- Suitland HighHigh · 1,847 students
- Suitland ElementaryElementary · 514 students
- William Beanes ElementaryElementary · 424 students
Other Princeton Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Princeton Elementary. Princeton Elementary is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Princeton ElementaryPrinceton, NC · 770 students
- Princeton Elementary SchoolLithonia, GA · 751 students
- Princeton Elementary SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 652 students
- Princeton Elementary SchoolPrinceton, LA · 491 students
- PRINCETON ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Imagine Andrews Public Charter1.2 mi · 347
- Benjamin D. Foulois Academy1.3 mi · 540
- Thurgood Marshall Middle1.4 mi · 707
- Imagine Foundations at Morningside PCS1.4 mi · 357
- Allenwood Elementary1.7 mi · 371
- Andrew Jackson Academy1.9 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Princeton ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Princeton Elementary?
Princeton Elementary enrolls approximately 269 students in grades PK-05.
Is Princeton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Princeton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Princeton Elementary have?
Princeton Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Princeton Elementary?
Princeton Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 33% Hispanic, 60% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Princeton Elementary?
Princeton Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
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