Rose Valley Elementary

Located at 9800 Jacqueline Dr, in Fort Washington, Maryland, Rose Valley Elementary is a low-enrollment K-5 school that instructs 366 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Rose Valley Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that caters to 132,693 students overall.

Demographically, Rose Valley Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 39% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Prince George's County) records that median household income runs about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rose Valley Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

Friendly High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Rose Valley Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count increased 9%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2024. The Black share of enrollment declined from 63% to 39% over that span.

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