Roscoe R Nix Elementary

Located at 1100 Corliss St, in Silver Spring, Maryland, Roscoe R Nix Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that works with 437 students (grades pre-K through 2), one of the schools within Montgomery County Public Schools.

Roscoe R Nix Elementary is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that enrolls 159,181 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Roscoe R Nix Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 40% Black, 6% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

Zooming out to the county, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Roscoe R Nix Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Cresthaven Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roscoe R Nix Elementary.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 36% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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