Stonegate Elementary

Stonegate Elementary, a moderately sized elementary campus in Silver Spring, Maryland, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools, caters to 565 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students total), Stonegate Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Stonegate Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Hispanic, 19% White, 13% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stonegate Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.8%; this one delivers 56.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) shows that median household earnings sit near $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Stonegate Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

James Hubert Blake High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stonegate Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Stonegate Elementary's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 510 (now 565). Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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