S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Germantown, Maryland, S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary educates 467 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 208 schools and 159,181 students, S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 37% Black, 8% White, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.6%, the actual is 40.1%, a residual of -1.5 points.

Around the school, 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%. S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Seneca Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 582 students in 2018 compared to 467 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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