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If you had an hour of school board time for Strathmore Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000930
Strathmore Elementary
3200 Beaverwood Ln, Silver Spring, MD 20906 · (240) 740-5760 · Montgomery County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
341 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 153 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 147 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 164 | 35% |
Student demographics
59%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
47.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 | 47.3% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 37.5% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% 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 14 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 Strathmore Elementary
Strathmore Elementary's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strathmore Elementary this school | 464 | 73.5% | 44.7% |
| Germantown Elementary Annapolis | 467 | 75.6% | 29.6% |
| Maryland City Elementary Laurel | 450 | 79.8% | 33.3% |
| Curtis Bay Elementary Baltimore | 470 | 71.3% | 26.1% |
| Morrell Park Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 451 | 70.3% | 24.0% |
| Riverview Elementary Baltimore | 552 | 80.8% | 19.4% |
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 Strathmore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #417 of 853 | #87 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #332 of 853 ▲ 104 | #76 of 131 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #465 of 853 ▼ 51 | #88 of 131 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #460 of 898 | #93 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #444 of 857 | #96 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #384 of 857 | #103 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #239 of 885 | #2 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.4% | #184 of 294 | #18 of 34 |
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
464
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 464 | 33.2 | 14.0:1 | 73% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 37.3 | 12.6:1 | 53% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 37.3 | 13.1:1 | 74% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 64% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 32.5 | 13.4:1 | 67% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 61% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 54% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 49% (227) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Strathmore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (436 to 464); teachers up 2% (32.5 to 33.2).
About Strathmore Elementary
Strathmore Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Silver Spring, Maryland. The school covers grades 3 through 5 and reported 464 students in 2024-25.
Montgomery County Public Schools is made up of 208 schools with 159,181 students in all.
More than half of enrollment at Strathmore Elementary is Hispanic: 57%. Next come 27% Black, 8% White, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 21% Hispanic. The diversity index for Strathmore Elementary is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Strathmore Elementary totals 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is close to this figure. Federal data show 73% of students (341) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 40% for public schools in Montgomery County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 44.7%, is 14.0 points above the 30.7% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Maryland schools.
For Montgomery County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $132,450 a year, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Strathmore Elementary, Montgomery County has 211 public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Bel Pre Elementary, is the closest to Strathmore Elementary. Strathmore Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.6%, lower than Strathmore Elementary's 44.7%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 491 students in 2020-21 to 464 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.9:1 to 14.0:1.
This page is set up for the Strathmore Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Silver Spring
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- James Hubert Blake HighHigh · 1,960 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Springbrook HighHigh · 1,838 students
- Takoma Park MiddleMiddle · 1,177 students
Other Strathmore Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Strathmore Elementary. Strathmore Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Strathmore ElementaryStrathmore, CA · 702 students
- Strathmore Elementary SchoolABERDEEN, NJ · 481 students
Nearby schools
- Bel Pre Elementary0.6 mi · 558
- Georgian Forest Elementary0.7 mi · 600
- Harmony Hills Elementary0.9 mi · 655
- Argyle Middle0.9 mi · 868
- Weller Road Elementary1.4 mi · 691
- Parkland Middle1.4 mi · 1,185
Frequently asked questions
About Strathmore ElementaryHow large is Strathmore Elementary?
Strathmore Elementary enrolls approximately 464 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Strathmore Elementary serve?
Strathmore Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Strathmore Elementary have?
Strathmore Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Strathmore Elementary?
At Strathmore Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 57% Hispanic, 27% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Strathmore Elementary public or private?
Strathmore 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.