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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Stedwick Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000927
Stedwick Elementary
10631 Stedwick Rd, Montgomery Village, MD 20886 · (240) 740-7190 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
293 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 | 25 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
63%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
41.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 33.8% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Stedwick Elementary
Stedwick Elementary's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stedwick Elementary this school | 492 | 59.6% | 34.3% |
| Clopper Mill Elementary Germantown | 458 | 60.9% | 34.5% |
| Captain James E. Daly Elementary Germantown | 472 | 57.6% | 26.9% |
| Rosemont Elementary Gaithersburg | 564 | 59.0% | 43.1% |
| Goshen Elementary Gaithersburg | 494 | 55.9% | 49.6% |
| Cresthaven Elementary Silver Spring | 474 | 62.7% | 35.3% |
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 Stedwick Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #558 of 853 | #108 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #626 of 853 ▼ 129 | #117 of 131 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #537 of 853 ▲ 68 | #100 of 131 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #397 of 898 | #77 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #147 of 857 | #47 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #336 of 857 | #96 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #417 of 885 | #30 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #162 of 551 | #25 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
492
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 492 | 41.9 | 11.7:1 | 60% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 41.1 | 12.5:1 | 59% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 71% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 42 | 12.3:1 | 59% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 63% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 60% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 53% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 28% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 633 | 30 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stedwick Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (607 to 492); teachers down 3% (43 to 41.9).
About Stedwick Elementary
Stedwick Elementary is a public mid-sized elementary school in Montgomery Village, Maryland. Its enrollment is 492 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
The 208 schools of Montgomery County Public Schools, including Stedwick Elementary, enroll 159,181 students.
The largest group at Stedwick Elementary is Hispanic students, at 52%. Other students are 31% Black, 7% Asian, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 21% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Stedwick Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1, with 41.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 60% at Stedwick Elementary. Across public schools in Montgomery County, the average is 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Stedwick Elementary lands at C, ahead of 25% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.0%.
The county, Montgomery County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Stedwick Elementary, Montgomery County has 211 public schools.
Montgomery Village Middle sits about 0.1 miles from Stedwick Elementary. Stedwick Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 31.2% proficiency; Stedwick Elementary posts 34.3%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Stedwick Elementary enrolled 516 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 492.
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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 Montgomery Village
- Montgomery Village MiddleMiddle · 780 students
- Watkins Mill ElementaryElementary · 734 students
Nearby schools
- Montgomery Village Middle0.1 mi · 780
- Watkins Mill Elementary0.5 mi · 734
- Watkins Mill High0.7 mi · 1,577
- Whetstone Elementary0.8 mi · 711
- South Lake Elementary1.5 mi · 746
- Captain James E. Daly Elementary1.6 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Stedwick ElementaryHow many students attend Stedwick Elementary?
Stedwick Elementary enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Stedwick Elementary serve?
Stedwick Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stedwick Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stedwick Elementary is approximately 11.7:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Stedwick Elementary?
Student demographics at Stedwick Elementary are roughly 6% White, 52% Hispanic, 31% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Stedwick Elementary public or private?
Stedwick 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.