Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000904
Ritchie Park Elementary
1514 Dunster Rd, Rockville, MD 20854 · (240) 740-6310 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
43 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
69%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
77.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
78.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.8% | 78.1% |
| 2023-24 | 84.1% | 81.3% |
% 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
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Ritchie Park Elementary
Ritchie Park Elementary's state test result (80.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ritchie Park Elementary this school | 342 | 12.6% | 80.3% |
| Seven Locks Elementary Bethesda | 376 | 7.2% | 83.6% |
| West Friendship Elementary West Friendship | 367 | 8.2% | 81.0% |
| Darnestown Elementary Gaithersburg | 356 | 17.7% | 59.5% |
| Burning Tree Elementary Bethesda | 479 | 8.6% | 80.1% |
| Carderock Springs Elementary Bethesda | 363 | 5.5% | 85.3% |
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 Ritchie Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #29 of 853 | #13 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #40 of 853 ▼ 20 | #19 of 131 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #77 of 853 ▼ 52 | #23 of 131 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #699 of 898 | #126 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #508 of 857 | #103 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #224 of 857 | #70 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.6% | #846 of 885 | #123 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.7% | #32 of 551 | #7 of 97 |
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
342
-42 (-11%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 287
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 342 | 23.6 | 14.5:1 | 13% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 22.9 | 15.8:1 | 13% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 24.5 | 15.4:1 | 14% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 12% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 31.2 | 17.3:1 | 20% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 27 | 19.7:1 | 22% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 14% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 299 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 12% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 287 | 15 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ritchie Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (540 to 342); teachers down 24% (31.2 to 23.6).
About Ritchie Park Elementary
Ritchie Park Elementary, located in Rockville, Maryland, is a small elementary school. Enrollment totals 342 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 29% below the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Montgomery County Public Schools enrolls 159,181 students in 208 schools, including Ritchie Park Elementary.
Of every 100 students at Ritchie Park Elementary, about 49 are White, the largest group. It is also 21% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
Classroom staffing at Ritchie Park Elementary totals 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. It is about the same as the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Ritchie Park Elementary is about 13%. The average for public schools in Montgomery County is 40%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Ritchie Park Elementary outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ritchie Park Elementary is +13.6 points: 80.3% actual, 66.8% predicted.
The school's county is Montgomery County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $132,450 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Montgomery County number 211, with about 159,181 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Beverly Farms Elementary, is the closest to Ritchie Park Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ritchie Park Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ritchie Park Elementary is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 42 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 16.0:1 to 14.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- Beverly Farms Elementary0.8 mi · 526
- Cold Spring Elementary0.8 mi · 362
- Fallsmead Elementary1.0 mi · 512
- Thomas S. Wootton High1.1 mi · 1,870
- Julius West Middle1.1 mi · 1,365
- Robert Frost Middle School1.1 mi · 915
Frequently asked questions
About Ritchie Park ElementaryHow large is Ritchie Park Elementary?
Ritchie Park Elementary enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ritchie Park Elementary serve?
Ritchie Park Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ritchie Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ritchie Park Elementary is approximately 14.5:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ritchie Park Elementary?
At Ritchie Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 49% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 21% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Ritchie Park Elementary public or private?
Ritchie Park 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.