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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000913
Rolling Terrace Elementary
705 Bayfield St, Takoma Park, MD 20912 · (240) 740-1950 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% 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.
- FBeats 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
10.4:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
444 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 61 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
32%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
15.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
23.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 22.3% |
% 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Rolling Terrace Elementary
Rolling Terrace Elementary's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Terrace Elementary this school | 645 | 68.8% | 21.1% |
| Harmony Hills Elementary Silver Spring | 655 | 65.0% | 28.3% |
| Gaithersburg Elementary Gaithersburg | 603 | 67.5% | 20.9% |
| Weller Road Elementary Silver Spring | 691 | 65.3% | 34.9% |
| JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary Silver Spring | 756 | 69.2% | 31.1% |
| South Lake Elementary Gaithersburg | 746 | 66.1% | 24.8% |
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 Rolling Terrace Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #776 of 853 | #130 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #696 of 853 ▼ 39 | #127 of 131 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #838 of 853 ▼ 89 | #131 of 131 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #153 of 898 | #25 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #45 of 857 | #14 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #710 of 857 | #131 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #293 of 885 | #7 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #77 of 551 | #13 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
645
-82 (-11%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 645 | 61.7 | 10.4:1 | 69% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 656 | 65 | 10.1:1 | 65% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 709 | 62.5 | 11.3:1 | 88% (625) |
| 2020-21 | 727 | 69 | 10.5:1 | 80% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 70.1 | 12.7:1 | 72% (646) |
| 2015-16 | 893 | 68 | 13.1:1 | 72% (647) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 53 | 14.1:1 | 63% (472) |
| 2000-01 | 744 | 61 | 12.2:1 | 67% (496) |
| 1990-91 | 785 | 50 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rolling Terrace Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (892 to 645); teachers down 12% (70.1 to 61.7).
About Rolling Terrace Elementary
Rolling Terrace Elementary serves students in Takoma Park, Maryland, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 645 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Maryland enroll about 481 students on average.
Rolling Terrace Elementary reports to Montgomery County Public Schools, which has 208 schools and 159,181 students.
Hispanic students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 11% Black and 5% White. Among all residents of Montgomery County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at Rolling Terrace Elementary are from different groups.
With 61.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Roughly 69% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Montgomery County report 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Rolling Terrace Elementary lands at F, ahead of 3% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Schools in Maryland with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.5%. Rolling Terrace Elementary scores 21.1%.
Montgomery County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $132,450 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Rolling Terrace Elementary shares Montgomery County with 210 other public schools.
New Hampshire Estates Elem is about 0.3 miles from Rolling Terrace Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Rolling Terrace Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Rolling Terrace Elementary comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Rolling Terrace Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Rolling Terrace Elementary had a net loss of 82 students, or 11%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Rolling Terrace Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Takoma Park
- Piney Branch ElementaryElementary · 575 students
- Takoma Park ElementaryElementary · 559 students
- Carole Highlands ElementaryElementary · 544 students
Nearby schools
- New Hampshire Estates Elem0.3 mi · 455
- Oak View Elementary0.7 mi · 423
- Montgomery Knolls Elementary0.8 mi · 477
- Langley Park-McCormick Elementary0.9 mi · 697
- Highland View Elementary0.9 mi · 334
- East Silver Spring Elementary1.0 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About Rolling Terrace ElementaryHow many students attend Rolling Terrace Elementary?
Rolling Terrace Elementary enrolls approximately 645 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rolling Terrace Elementary serve?
Rolling Terrace Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rolling Terrace Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rolling Terrace Elementary is approximately 10.4:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rolling Terrace Elementary?
Student demographics at Rolling Terrace Elementary are roughly 5% White, 82% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Rolling Terrace Elementary public or private?
Rolling Terrace 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.