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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001251
Robert Goddard Montessori
9850 Good Luck Rd, Seabrook, MD 20706 · (301) 918-3515 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest 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
14.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
177 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 | 115 | 25% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 93% larger than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
60%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
62.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.8% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 36.6% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Robert Goddard Montessori
Robert Goddard Montessori's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Goddard Montessori this school | 464 | 38.1% | 48.5% |
| Whitehall Elementary Bowie | 485 | 37.9% | 55.8% |
| Tulip Grove Elementary Bowie | 477 | 43.4% | 56.0% |
| The Mount Washington School Baltimore | 516 | 41.5% | 45.1% |
| Yorktown Elementary Bowie | 396 | 37.4% | 59.0% |
| Severn Elementary Severn | 458 | 40.8% | 48.9% |
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 Robert Goddard Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #352 of 853 | #15 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #367 of 853 ▲ 86 | #18 of 136 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #246 of 853 ▲ 123 | #12 of 136 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #461 of 898 | #60 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #475 of 857 | #104 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #370 of 857 | #23 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.1% | #636 of 885 | #136 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #446 of 551 | #91 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
464
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 464 | 32.5 | 14.3:1 | 38% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 31.5 | 15.6:1 | 41% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 30.5 | 15.8:1 | 43% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 36% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 38% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 38% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 23% (126) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Goddard Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (490 to 464); teachers up 5% (31 to 32.5).
About Robert Goddard Montessori
This page covers Robert Goddard Montessori, a mid-sized elementary school in Seabrook, Maryland. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 464 students.
Prince George's County Public Schools runs Robert Goddard Montessori along with 198 other schools, enrolling 132,693 students in total.
The largest group at Robert Goddard Montessori is Black students, at 56%. Other groups include 26% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Prince George's County residents are about 59% Black, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Based on 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Robert Goddard Montessori has a ratio of 14.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Income data for the school show 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 41 points below the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Robert Goddard Montessori outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Robert Goddard Montessori's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 51.6%. Robert Goddard Montessori scores 48.5%, 3.1 points below that line.
In Prince George's County, median household income comes to about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 203, with about 132,693 students.
Among nearby public schools, Catherine T. Reed Elementary is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Robert Goddard Montessori. On state test proficiency, Robert Goddard Montessori ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Robert Goddard Montessori had a net loss of 40 students, or 8%. The ratio was 15.8:1 in 2020-21 and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Seabrook
- Seabrook ElementaryElementary · 365 students
- Phyllis E. Williams ElementaryElementary · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Catherine T. Reed Elementary0.1 mi · 437
- Duval High0.2 mi · 2,522
- Gaywood Elementary0.6 mi · 525
- Magnolia Elementary1.1 mi · 442
- Seabrook Elementary1.4 mi · 365
- Glenn Dale Elementary1.4 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Goddard MontessoriHow many students attend Robert Goddard Montessori?
Robert Goddard Montessori enrolls approximately 464 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Robert Goddard Montessori serve?
Robert Goddard Montessori serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Robert Goddard Montessori have?
Robert Goddard Montessori employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Robert Goddard Montessori?
At Robert Goddard Montessori, the student body is approximately 26% White, 9% Hispanic, 56% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Robert Goddard Montessori public or private?
Robert Goddard Montessori is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.