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What's the most underrated thing about Springhill Lake Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
804
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001160
Springhill Lake Elementary
6060 Springhill Dr, Greenbelt, MD 20770 · (301) 513-5996 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL804 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.8:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
744 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 37 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
21.5%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 up about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.5% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.3% | 11.7% |
% 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Springhill Lake Elementary
Springhill Lake Elementary's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springhill Lake Elementary this school | 804 | 92.5% | 19.2% |
| Glenridge Elementary Landover Hills | 723 | 91.6% | 22.9% |
| Calverton Elementary Beltsville | 767 | 94.5% | 25.9% |
| Scotchtown Hills Elementary Laurel | 589 | 90.3% | 25.2% |
| Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary Annapolis | 559 | 95.0% | 25.9% |
| Port Towns Elementary Bladensburg | 747 | 92.9% | 13.8% |
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 Springhill Lake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #797 of 853 | #120 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #724 of 853 ▲ 86 | #88 of 136 ▲ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #810 of 853 ▼ 51 | #127 of 136 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 804 | #38 of 898 | #6 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #268 of 857 | #54 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #462 of 857 | #47 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.5% | #45 of 885 | #35 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #460 of 551 | #92 of 99 |
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
804
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 804 | 63 | 12.8:1 | 93% (744) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 59 | 12.8:1 | 87% (662) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 61.5 | 12.8:1 | 95% (750) |
| 2020-21 | 815 | 71 | 11.5:1 | 90% (732) |
| 2017-18 | 843 | 72.2 | 11.7:1 | 91% (765) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 77 | 11.1:1 | 88% (748) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 74 | 9.4:1 | 80% (553) |
| 2000-01 | 872 | 57 | 15.3:1 | 72% (630) |
| 1990-91 | 620 | 35 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Springhill Lake Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (843 to 804); teachers down 13% (72.2 to 63).
About Springhill Lake Elementary
Springhill Lake Elementary, located in Greenbelt, Maryland, is a large elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 804 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
Prince George's County Public Schools is made up of 199 schools with 132,693 students in all.
Springhill Lake Elementary's enrollment is 55% Hispanic. Other groups make up 40% Black and 3% White. County-wide, 23% of Prince George's County residents are Hispanic. Springhill Lake Elementary has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 63 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.8:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 93%. For comparison, public schools in Prince George's County average 79%.
Springhill Lake Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Springhill Lake Elementary, the prediction is 19.5% and the result is 19.2%.
Census estimates describe Prince George's County this way: median household income is about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Prince George's County number 203 and enroll about 132,693.
The shortest distance from Springhill Lake Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Greenbelt Middle. The five-mile area around Springhill Lake Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Springhill Lake Elementary ranks 8th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Springhill Lake Elementary was 815 in 2020-21 and 804 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.8:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Springhill Lake Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Greenbelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Greenbelt MiddleMiddle · 1,270 students
- Dora Kennedy French ImmersionElementary · 684 students
- Greenbelt ElementaryElementary · 531 students
Nearby schools
- Greenbelt Middle0.5 mi · 1,270
- Dora Kennedy French Immersion0.6 mi · 684
- Berwyn Heights Elementary1.0 mi · 421
- Hollywood Elementary1.2 mi · 284
- Greenbelt Elementary1.4 mi · 531
- Paint Branch Elementary1.8 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Springhill Lake ElementaryHow many students attend Springhill Lake Elementary?
Springhill Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 804 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Springhill Lake Elementary serve?
Springhill Lake Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Springhill Lake Elementary have?
Springhill Lake Elementary employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Springhill Lake Elementary?
Student demographics at Springhill Lake Elementary are roughly 3% White, 55% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Springhill Lake Elementary in?
Springhill Lake Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.