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Enrollment
697
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001537
Sargent Shriver Elementary
12518 Greenly St, Silver Spring, MD 20906 · (240) 740-6330 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL697 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
555 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 23 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
33.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
24.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.1% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 26.4% |
% 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Sargent Shriver Elementary
Sargent Shriver Elementary's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sargent Shriver Elementary this school | 697 | 79.6% | 27.7% |
| Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 773 | 74.0% | 46.2% |
| JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary Silver Spring | 756 | 69.2% | 31.1% |
| Rosa L. Parks Elementary Hyattsville | 607 | 89.6% | 15.6% |
| Rolling Terrace Elementary Takoma Park | 645 | 68.8% | 21.1% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Hyattsville | 631 | 89.5% | 23.9% |
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 Sargent Shriver Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #672 of 853 | #125 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #672 of 853 ▼ 74 | #124 of 131 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #676 of 853 ▲ 33 | #119 of 131 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 697 | #100 of 898 | #13 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #185 of 857 | #56 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.7% | #716 of 857 | #132 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #193 of 885 | #1 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #282 of 551 | #47 of 97 |
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
697
-39 (-5%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 697 | 57.6 | 12.1:1 | 80% (555) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 63.9 | 11.2:1 | 60% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 67.1 | 10.9:1 | 85% (624) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 65 | 11.3:1 | 79% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 796 | 61 | 13.1:1 | 82% (655) |
| 2015-16 | 756 | 58 | 13.0:1 | 82% (619) |
| 2010-11 | 688 | 57 | 12.1:1 | 76% (525) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sargent Shriver Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (796 to 697); teachers down 6% (61 to 57.6).
About Sargent Shriver Elementary
Sargent Shriver Elementary is a public elementary school in Silver Spring, Maryland. Enrollment is 697 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland, enrollment here is 45% higher.
Sargent Shriver Elementary is one of the 208 schools that make up Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students in total).
About 83% of the student body at Sargent Shriver Elementary is Hispanic. The remaining students are 7% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% White. Among people living in Montgomery County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. Sargent Shriver Elementary's diversity index is 31%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Sargent Shriver Elementary total 57.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.1:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 80%. The 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 40 points lower.
Sargent Shriver Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (27.7%) and its predicted rate (27.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
In Montgomery County (population about 1,065,949), the median household income is $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Sargent Shriver Elementary is one of 211 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is A. Mario Loiederman Middle, about 0.5 miles away. Sargent Shriver Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sargent Shriver Elementary at 8th of 9.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment is down 5% from 2020-21, when Sargent Shriver Elementary had 736 students, to 2024-25, when it had 697.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Silver Spring
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- James Hubert Blake HighHigh · 1,960 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Springbrook HighHigh · 1,838 students
- Takoma Park MiddleMiddle · 1,177 students
Nearby schools
- A. Mario Loiederman Middle0.5 mi · 978
- Wheaton High0.6 mi · 2,794
- Weller Road Elementary0.7 mi · 691
- Wheaton Woods Elementary0.7 mi · 556
- Viers Mill Elementary1.0 mi · 556
- Harmony Hills Elementary1.0 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Sargent Shriver ElementaryHow many students attend Sargent Shriver Elementary?
Sargent Shriver Elementary enrolls approximately 697 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sargent Shriver Elementary serve?
Sargent Shriver Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sargent Shriver Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sargent Shriver Elementary is approximately 12.1:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sargent Shriver Elementary?
Sargent Shriver Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 83% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Sargent Shriver Elementary?
Sargent Shriver Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.