Stedwick Elementary

As a reasonably sized primary school in Montgomery Village, Maryland, Stedwick Elementary works with 492 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Stedwick Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Stedwick Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 31% Black, 7% Asian, 6% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Stedwick Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stedwick Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of -4.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Montgomery County shows median household income runs about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Stedwick Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Nearest neighbor: Montgomery Village Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stedwick Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stedwick Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Stedwick Elementary's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 607 (now 492). White enrollment moved from 12% to 6% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.