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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001146
Rogers Heights Elementary
4301 58th Ave, Bladensburg, MD 20710 · (301) 985-1860 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
427 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 | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
14%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
25.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -6.7pp since 2023
Math
17.6%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 21.7% |
% 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Rogers Heights Elementary
Rogers Heights Elementary's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Heights Elementary this school | 450 | 94.9% | 24.0% |
| Cool Spring Elementary Adelphi | 458 | 95.9% | 21.7% |
| Tyler Heights Elementary Annapolis | 416 | 96.9% | 24.8% |
| Carole Highlands Elementary Takoma Park | 544 | 92.5% | 14.2% |
| Lewisdale Elementary Hyattsville | 533 | 91.4% | 26.4% |
| Rosa L. Parks Elementary Hyattsville | 607 | 89.6% | 15.6% |
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 Rogers Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #737 of 853 | #98 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #776 of 853 ▼ 102 | #107 of 136 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #776 of 853 ▼ 141 | #114 of 136 ▼ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #505 of 898 | #69 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #174 of 857 | #35 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.2% | #823 of 857 | #136 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #12 of 885 | #7 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.1% | #10 of 551 | #2 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
450
-290 (-39%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 450 | 37.6 | 12.0:1 | 95% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 633 | 40.5 | 15.6:1 | 91% (579) |
| 2022-23 | 686 | 45.5 | 15.1:1 | 93% (640) |
| 2020-21 | 740 | 52 | 14.2:1 | 86% (637) |
| 2017-18 | 805 | 54.4 | 14.8:1 | 94% (760) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 56 | 14.6:1 | 90% (732) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 85% (527) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 46 | 16.7:1 | 52% (402) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 36 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rogers Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (805 to 450); teachers down 31% (54.4 to 37.6).
About Rogers Heights Elementary
Rogers Heights Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Bladensburg, Maryland. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 450 students.
Enrollment across the 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools totals 132,693 students.
The share of students at Rogers Heights Elementary who are Hispanic is 92%. Other groups make up 5% Black and 2% White. County-wide, 23% of Prince George's County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 14%.
Its ratio of 12.0:1 is based on 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. In all, 95% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County.
Rogers Heights Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of Maryland public elementary schools.
In Maryland, Rogers Heights Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 24.0% actual against a predicted 18.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Prince George's County show that median household income comes to about $101,798, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Prince George's County counts 203 public schools with about 132,693 students.
Port Towns Elementary is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Rogers Heights Elementary ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 39% across 4 years, from 740 in 2020-21 to 450 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.2:1 to 12.0:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Rogers Heights Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Bladensburg
- Bladensburg HighHigh · 2,114 students
- Port Towns ElementaryElementary · 747 students
- Bladensburg ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- International High School @ Langley ParkHigh · 368 students
Nearby schools
- Port Towns Elementary0.1 mi · 747
- Bladensburg High0.3 mi · 2,114
- Cooper Lane Elementary0.8 mi · 407
- Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary1.0 mi · 518
- International High School @ Langley Park1.0 mi · 368
- Ellen Ochoa Middle1.1 mi · 1,086
Frequently asked questions
About Rogers Heights ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rogers Heights Elementary?
Rogers Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 450 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rogers Heights Elementary serve?
Rogers Heights Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rogers Heights Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rogers Heights Elementary is approximately 12.0:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rogers Heights Elementary?
At Rogers Heights Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Rogers Heights Elementary public or private?
Rogers Heights Elementary 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.