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What's the one class at Sequoyah Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048090456
Sequoyah Elementary
17301 Bowie Mill Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 · (240) 740-5880 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
215 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 | 7 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
70%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
46.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
38.3%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 38.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 44.2% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Sequoyah Elementary
Sequoyah Elementary's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoyah Elementary this school | 460 | 46.7% | 44.1% |
| Pine Crest Elementary Silver Spring | 493 | 52.9% | 45.9% |
| Forest Knolls Elementary Silver Spring | 472 | 41.1% | 66.6% |
| Fields Road Elementary Gaithersburg | 453 | 51.0% | 54.1% |
| Rock View Elementary Kensington | 588 | 50.2% | 38.6% |
| Mill Creek Towne Elementary Rockville | 528 | 48.5% | 48.0% |
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 Sequoyah Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #429 of 853 | #89 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #459 of 853 ▼ 103 | #93 of 131 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #473 of 853 ▼ 68 | #91 of 131 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #473 of 898 | #94 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #56 of 857 | #16 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #183 of 857 | #56 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #558 of 885 | #62 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.8% | #79 of 294 | #8 of 34 |
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
460
+92 (+25%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 460 | 43.2 | 10.7:1 | 47% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 39.2 | 11.5:1 | 51% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 37.8 | 11.4:1 | 54% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 33 | 11.2:1 | 49% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 32.3 | 11.9:1 | 53% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 35 | 11.1:1 | 54% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 34 | 12.2:1 | 44% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 28% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 30 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoyah Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (384 to 460); teachers up 34% (32.3 to 43.2).
About Sequoyah Elementary
Sequoyah Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Derwood, Maryland, (ZIP code 20855). The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 460 students in 2024-25.
Montgomery County Public Schools includes 208 schools. Together they enroll 159,181 students.
The biggest share of students at Sequoyah Elementary, 45%, is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 26% White, 15% Black, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Montgomery County's population at about 21%. The diversity index for Sequoyah Elementary is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Sequoyah Elementary, there are about 10.7 students; the school has 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 47%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 46.6%.
The school is in Montgomery County, where median household income comes to about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Montgomery County counts 211 public schools with about 159,181 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Col. Zadok Magruder High, is the closest to Sequoyah Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sequoyah Elementary. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sequoyah Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
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 increased by 25% across 4 years, from 368 in 2020-21 to 460 in 2024-25.
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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 Sequoyah Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sequoyah Elementary. Sequoyah Elementary is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Sequoyah Elementary SchoolClaremore, OK · 637 students
- SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRUSSELLVILLE, AR · 542 students
- Sequoyah ElementaryKnoxville, TN · 524 students
- Sequoyah Elementary SchoolMACOMB, MI · 490 students
- Sequoyah Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Col. Zadok Magruder High0.6 mi · 1,671
- Redland Middle0.7 mi · 562
- Candlewood Elementary1.7 mi · 358
- Cashell Elementary1.7 mi · 386
- Mill Creek Towne Elementary2.0 mi · 528
- Shady Grove Middle2.4 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Sequoyah ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sequoyah Elementary?
Sequoyah Elementary enrolls approximately 460 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sequoyah Elementary serve?
Sequoyah Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Sequoyah Elementary?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Sequoyah Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Sequoyah Elementary?
Student demographics at Sequoyah Elementary are roughly 26% White, 45% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sequoyah Elementary in?
Sequoyah Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.