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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001573
Rosa L. Parks Elementary
6111 Ager Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782 · (301) 445-8090 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Maryland public elementary schools
- FTest 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
12.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
544 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 | 40 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
24%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
16.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
12.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.1% | 12.7% |
| 2023-24 | 17.9% | 15.8% |
% 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
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Rosa L. Parks Elementary
Rosa L. Parks Elementary's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa L. Parks Elementary this school | 607 | 89.6% | 15.6% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Hyattsville | 631 | 89.5% | 23.9% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Frederick | 581 | 91.0% | 28.7% |
| Lewisdale Elementary Hyattsville | 533 | 91.4% | 26.4% |
| Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem Adelphi | 734 | 92.8% | 24.1% |
| Carole Highlands Elementary Takoma Park | 544 | 92.5% | 14.2% |
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 Rosa L. Parks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #830 of 853 | #132 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #825 of 853 ▼ 49 | #123 of 136 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #836 of 853 ▼ 33 | #132 of 136 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #203 of 898 | #21 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #208 of 857 | #46 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #771 of 857 | #124 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #96 of 885 | #79 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #313 of 551 | #67 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
607
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 764
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 607 | 49.5 | 12.3:1 | 90% (544) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 49 | 12.0:1 | 88% (513) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 92% (613) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 46 | 13.0:1 | 88% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 93% (635) |
| 2015-16 | 703 | 53 | 13.3:1 | 93% (656) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 83% (635) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosa L. Parks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (684 to 607); teachers up 3% (48 to 49.5).
About Rosa L. Parks Elementary
Rosa L. Parks Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Hyattsville, Maryland. It serves 607 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Maryland is roughly 481 students; this school is 26% bigger than that.
Prince George's County Public Schools (199 schools, 132,693 students) runs Rosa L. Parks Elementary.
The student body at Rosa L. Parks Elementary is 87% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 10% Black. Among people living in Prince George's County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.3:1, with 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 90%. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County, the school's rate is higher.
Rosa L. Parks Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Rosa L. Parks Elementary is 21.2%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.6%.
Prince George's County has these Census figures: the median household income is $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Prince George's County has 203 public schools and roughly 132,693 students.
The shortest distance from Rosa L. Parks Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Edward M. Felegy ES. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Rosa L. Parks Elementary is 8th among 9 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (597) to 2024-25 (607).
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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 Hyattsville
- Northwestern HighHigh · 2,396 students
- Hyattsville MiddleMiddle · 1,305 students
- Ellen Ochoa MiddleMiddle · 1,086 students
- Nicholas Orem MiddleMiddle · 1,007 students
- Langley Park-McCormick ElementaryElementary · 697 students
- Edward M. Felegy ESElementary · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Edward M. Felegy ES0.5 mi · 641
- Cesar Chavez Elementary0.5 mi · 355
- Nicholas Orem Middle0.7 mi · 1,007
- Lewisdale Elementary0.7 mi · 533
- Chillum Elementary0.8 mi · 308
- Ridgecrest Elementary0.9 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About Rosa L. Parks ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rosa L. Parks Elementary?
Rosa L. Parks Elementary enrolls approximately 607 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rosa L. Parks Elementary serve?
Rosa L. Parks Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rosa L. Parks Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rosa L. Parks Elementary is approximately 12.3:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rosa L. Parks Elementary?
Rosa L. Parks Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 87% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Rosa L. Parks Elementary public or private?
Rosa L. Parks 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.