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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001453
Suitland Elementary
4650 Towne Park Rd, Suitland, MD 20746 · (301) 817-3770 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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.
- 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
14.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
484 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 | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
41%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
19.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.7pp since 2023
Math
11.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.3% | 11.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 16.9% |
% 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
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above 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 Suitland Elementary
Suitland Elementary's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suitland Elementary this school | 514 | 94.2% | 18.7% |
| Waldon Woods Elementary Clinton | 523 | 92.0% | 27.4% |
| Andrew Jackson Academy Forestville | 458 | 93.9% | 20.2% |
| Ardmore Elementary Springdale | 470 | 92.3% | 36.1% |
| Francis Scott Key Elementary District Heights | 451 | 92.9% | 18.4% |
| Panorama Elementary Temple Hills | 554 | 91.0% | 27.6% |
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 Suitland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #804 of 853 | #121 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #837 of 853 ▼ 90 | #130 of 136 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #823 of 853 ▼ 117 | #128 of 136 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #356 of 898 | #46 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #579 of 857 | #119 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #616 of 857 | #93 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #17 of 885 | #11 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #423 of 551 | #87 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
514
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 514 | 34.4 | 14.9:1 | 94% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 33.4 | 13.9:1 | 92% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 37.9 | 13.7:1 | 69% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 43 | 11.7:1 | 91% (460) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 37.3 | 14.7:1 | 100% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 80% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 72% (360) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Suitland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (549 to 514); teachers down 8% (37.3 to 34.4).
About Suitland Elementary
Suitland Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Suitland, Maryland. The school has 514 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Prince George's County Public Schools oversees Suitland Elementary and 198 other schools, with 132,693 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Suitland Elementary is 73% Black. The next largest groups are 23% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 14 points above the 59% share among Prince George's County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
On staff are 34.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Suitland Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 94%. Across public schools in Prince George's County, the average is 79%.
Suitland Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Suitland Elementary would score about 18.5%. It scores 18.7%, within a point of that figure.
In Prince George's County, home to about 959,754 people, median household income comes to about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 203 public schools in the county, enrolling about 132,693, Suitland Elementary among them.
Drew-Freeman Middle is about 0.4 miles from Suitland Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Suitland Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 19.6%, higher than Suitland Elementary's 18.7%.
Federal data place Suitland Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 503 students in 2020-21 and 514 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.7:1 in 2020-21 to 14.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Suitland
- Suitland HighHigh · 1,847 students
- William Beanes ElementaryElementary · 424 students
- Princeton ElementaryElementary · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Drew-Freeman Middle0.4 mi · 1,022
- Suitland High0.5 mi · 1,847
- William Beanes Elementary1.0 mi · 424
- Samuel P. Massie Academy1.2 mi · 477
- Concord Elementary1.3 mi · 204
- Bradbury Heights Elementary1.3 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Suitland ElementaryHow large is Suitland Elementary?
Suitland Elementary enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Suitland Elementary serve?
Suitland Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Suitland Elementary have?
Suitland Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Suitland Elementary?
Student demographics at Suitland Elementary are roughly 1% White, 23% Hispanic, 73% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Suitland Elementary in?
Suitland Elementary is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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