Rock View Elementary

Rock View Elementary is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Kensington, Maryland, one of the schools within Montgomery County Public Schools, with 588 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Rock View Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rock View Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 23% White, 12% Black, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Rock View Elementary records 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at Rock View Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Rock View Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.6%.

Around the school, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Rock View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Newport Mill Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rock View Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.3%.

Rock View Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rock View Elementary has shrank 3%, going from 606 students in 2018 to 588 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 45% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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