Rosemary Hills Elementary

Located at 2111 Porter Rd, in Silver Spring, Maryland, Rosemary Hills Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus that serves 499 students (grades pre-K through 2), part of Montgomery County Public Schools.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 208 schools in total, collectively educating 159,181 students. Rosemary Hills Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Rosemary Hills Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 31% Black, 18% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Rosemary Hills Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Rosemary Hills Elementary is one.

Woodlin Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 589 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 51% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Rosemary Hills Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.