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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001181
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary
13902 Bromfield Rd, Germantown, MD 20874 · (240) 740-7820 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest 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
13.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
152 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
75%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% . +18.4pp since 2023
Math
73.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.2pp 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 74 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 73.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.3% | 69.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% 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 15 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 Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary this school | 530 | 28.7% | 72.5% |
| Cabin Branch Elementary Clarksburg | 645 | 28.1% | 69.0% |
| Little Bennett Elementary Clarksburg | 614 | 29.3% | 59.1% |
| Wilson Wims Elementary School Clarksburg | 484 | 19.0% | 79.9% |
| Hollifield Station Elementary Ellicott City | 677 | 26.0% | 59.0% |
| Clarksville Elementary Clarksville | 543 | 17.7% | 74.9% |
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 Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #76 of 853 | #28 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #63 of 853 ▲ 26 | #24 of 131 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #38 of 853 ▲ 150 | #16 of 131 ▲ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #320 of 898 | #62 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #356 of 857 | #82 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.5% | #23 of 857 | #13 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #723 of 885 | #94 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #57 of 551 | #11 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
530
-133 (-20%) vs 2020
-48% since 2010-11, when it was 1,025
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 530 | 39.4 | 13.4:1 | 29% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 39.2 | 14.5:1 | 27% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 29% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 24% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 41.7 | 18.5:1 | 20% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 860 | 45 | 19.1:1 | 18% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 1,025 | 56 | 18.3:1 | 14% (145) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (771 to 530); teachers down 6% (41.7 to 39.4).
About Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary
At 13902 Bromfield Rd in Germantown, Maryland, Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 530 students.
Montgomery County Public Schools has 208 schools and 159,181 students, and Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary is one of those schools.
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 37%. The school is also 22% Black, 16% White, 15% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 15%. The chance that two students picked at random at Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 75%.
With 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary was 13.4:1. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is about 13.8:1. Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 29%. The average for public schools in Montgomery County is 40%.
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary would score about 57.3%. It scores 72.5%, a top-10% result among Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Montgomery County, median household income is about $132,450, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 211 public schools operate in Montgomery County, serving about 159,181 students.
Longview School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 72.5% against a local average of 43.9%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 530 was 20% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 663. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.4:1, from 15.1:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Longview School0.0 mi · 59
- Northwest High0.7 mi · 2,300
- Kingsview Middle1.2 mi · 908
- Great Seneca Creek Elementary1.3 mi · 487
- Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary1.4 mi · 673
- Germantown Elementary1.6 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Spark M. Matsunaga ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary?
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary serve?
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary?
At Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 15% Hispanic, 22% Black, 37% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary public or private?
Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.