Ritchie Park Elementary

Ritchie Park Elementary is a cozy elementary campus in Rockville, Maryland, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools. The school serves 342 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 29% smaller than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools in total, collectively educating 159,181 students. Ritchie Park Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Ritchie Park Elementary shows that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 21% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Ritchie Park Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ritchie Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.8%; this one delivers 80.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household earnings sit near $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Ritchie Park Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

The closest other public school is Beverly Farms Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ritchie Park Elementary. On composite proficiency, Ritchie Park Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ritchie Park Elementary has edged down 37%, going from 540 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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