Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000923
Somerset Elementary
5811 Warwick Pl, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 · (240) 740-1100 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
63 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
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
82.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 82.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Somerset Elementary
Somerset Elementary's state test result (79.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Elementary this school | 314 | 20.1% | 79.9% |
| Darnestown Elementary Gaithersburg | 356 | 17.7% | 59.5% |
| Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter Frederick | 317 | 27.4% | 52.5% |
| North Chevy Chase Elementary Chevy Chase | 237 | 20.7% | 73.5% |
| Belmont Elementary Olney | 343 | 16.3% | 67.5% |
| Timonium Elementary Timonium | 445 | 20.0% | 77.8% |
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 Somerset Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #31 of 853 | #15 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #33 of 853 ▼ 18 | #15 of 131 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #37 of 853 ▲ 39 | #15 of 131 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #735 of 898 | #132 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #559 of 857 | #107 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #195 of 857 | #59 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #789 of 885 | #112 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -47.3% | #4 of 551 | #2 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
314
-186 (-37%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 314 | 21.2 | 14.8:1 | 20% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 21.3 | 14.2:1 | 17% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 24.1 | 14.0:1 | 21% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 12% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 35.6 | 16.7:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 23 | 18.7:1 | 5% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 20 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somerset Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (596 to 314); teachers down 40% (35.6 to 21.2).
About Somerset Elementary
Somerset Elementary runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The school reports 314 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students.
Across its 208 schools, Montgomery County Public Schools enrolls 159,181 students. Somerset Elementary is one of those schools.
Somerset Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 48%. Other students are 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 12% Black, and 10% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 20%. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Somerset Elementary is A+. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Somerset Elementary is in the top 10% of Maryland schools: 79.9% actual against 62.3% predicted.
Somerset Elementary is located in Montgomery County, where the median household income is $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Somerset Elementary, Montgomery County has 210 other public schools.
The closest public school to Somerset Elementary is Chevy Chase Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Somerset Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Somerset Elementary comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 37% enrollment decrease, from 500 in 2020-21 to 314 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Somerset Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Chevy Chase
- Rock Creek Forest ElementaryElementary · 690 students
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- North Chevy Chase ElementaryElementary · 237 students
Other Somerset Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Somerset Elementary. Somerset Elementary is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Somerset Elementary SchoolBellevue, WA · 741 students
- Somerset Elementary SchoolSOMERSET, TX · 716 students
- Somerset ElementarySomerset, WI · 577 students
- SOMERSET ELEMENTARYMENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN · 412 students
- Somerset Elementary SchoolSomerset, OH · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Chevy Chase Elementary0.9 mi · 434
- Westbrook Elementary0.9 mi · 468
- Westland Middle1.1 mi · 839
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase High1.2 mi · 2,377
- Bethesda Elementary1.3 mi · 645
- Lafayette Elementary School1.3 mi · 923
Frequently asked questions
About Somerset ElementaryHow large is Somerset Elementary?
Somerset Elementary enrolls approximately 314 students in grades KG-05.
Is Somerset Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Somerset Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Somerset Elementary have?
Somerset Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Somerset Elementary?
Student demographics at Somerset Elementary are roughly 48% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, 12% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Somerset Elementary in?
Somerset Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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