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What's the most underrated thing about Robert R. Gray Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001183
Robert R. Gray Elementary
4949 Addison Rd, Capital Heights, MD 20743 · (301) 636-8400 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest 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
10.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
347 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 29 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 4 | 1% |
| Grade 7 | 7 | 2% |
| Grade 8 | 7 | 2% |
Student demographics
57%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
43.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
30.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 30.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 24.3% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Robert R. Gray Elementary
Robert R. Gray Elementary's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert R. Gray Elementary this school | 375 | 92.5% | 33.0% |
| Carmody Hills Elementary Capitol Heights | 389 | 93.3% | 18.3% |
| Samuel Chase Elementary Temple Hills | 355 | 89.3% | 22.9% |
| Georgetown East Elementary Annapolis | 330 | 90.0% | 21.1% |
| Barnaby Manor Elementary Oxon Hill | 438 | 91.1% | 30.9% |
| Columbia Park Elementary Landover | 429 | 92.3% | 23.8% |
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 R. Gray Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #585 of 853 | #51 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #579 of 853 ▲ 52 | #48 of 136 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #521 of 853 ▲ 77 | #44 of 136 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #640 of 898 | #89 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #33 of 857 | #5 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #421 of 857 | #30 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.5% | #46 of 885 | #36 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #227 of 551 | #57 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
375
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 375 | 36.3 | 10.3:1 | 93% (347) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 32.3 | 10.9:1 | 85% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 31.8 | 13.4:1 | 84% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 29 | 12.0:1 | 79% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 31.7 | 13.9:1 | 80% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 85% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 78% (302) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert R. Gray Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (441 to 375); teachers up 15% (31.7 to 36.3).
About Robert R. Gray Elementary
Robert R. Gray Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in Capital Heights, Maryland. A total of 375 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 22% smaller than average.
Prince George's County Public Schools enrolls 132,693 students in 199 schools, including Robert R. Gray Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Robert R. Gray Elementary, at 46%. The rest of enrollment is 46% Black, 6% White, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Prince George's County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. Robert R. Gray Elementary's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 10.3:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Robert R. Gray Elementary is 93%. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County is 14 points.
Robert R. Gray Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Robert R. Gray Elementary is 13.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 33.0% actual, 19.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
Census Bureau estimates for Prince George's County show that the median household income is $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Robert R. Gray Elementary is one of 203 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Robert R. Gray Elementary is Houston Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 7% from its 2020-21 level of 349. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.0:1 in 2020-21 to 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Robert R. Gray Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Capital Heights
- Bradbury Heights ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Doswell E. Brooks ElementaryElementary · 291 students
- Seat Pleasant ElementaryElementary · 284 students
Nearby schools
- Houston Elementary School0.5 mi · 314
- Ron Brown College Preparatory High School0.6 mi · 196
- Burrville Elementary School0.6 mi · 232
- DC Wildflower PCS - The Riverseed School0.6 mi · 45
- H.D. Woodson High School0.8 mi · 579
- IDEA Pcs0.8 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Robert R. Gray ElementaryHow large is Robert R. Gray Elementary?
Robert R. Gray Elementary enrolls approximately 375 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Robert R. Gray Elementary serve?
Robert R. Gray Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Robert R. Gray Elementary have?
Robert R. Gray Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Robert R. Gray Elementary?
Student demographics at Robert R. Gray Elementary are roughly 6% White, 46% Hispanic, 46% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees Robert R. Gray Elementary?
Robert R. Gray Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.