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What's the one class at Summit Hall Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000931
Summit Hall Elementary
101 W Deer Park Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 · (301) 284-4150 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
279 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 | 101 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
43%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
30.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.8pp since 2023
Math
25.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 22.3% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Summit Hall Elementary
Summit Hall Elementary's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Hall Elementary this school | 413 | 67.6% | 24.4% |
| New Hampshire Estates Elem Silver Spring | 455 | 69.2% | N/A |
| William Paca Elementary Baltimore | 414 | 60.1% | 21.4% |
| Wheaton Woods Elementary Rockville | 556 | 64.7% | 40.2% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Hyattsville | 355 | 65.1% | 31.5% |
| Kemp Mill Elementary Silver Spring | 412 | 70.9% | 33.1% |
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 Summit Hall Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #731 of 853 | #129 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #650 of 853 ▲ 8 | #120 of 131 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #710 of 853 ▲ 77 | #122 of 131 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #572 of 898 | #110 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #5 of 857 | #1 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #597 of 857 | #125 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #306 of 885 | #8 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.2% | #26 of 551 | #6 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
413
-270 (-40%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 413 | 43.6 | 9.5:1 | 68% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 39.4 | 10.7:1 | 67% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 46.8 | 10.1:1 | 87% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 64 | 10.7:1 | 73% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 55.9 | 11.9:1 | 77% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 52 | 13.0:1 | 81% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 45 | 11.8:1 | 79% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 57% (304) |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 29 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summit Hall Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (668 to 413); teachers down 22% (55.9 to 43.6).
About Summit Hall Elementary
Summit Hall Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The latest federal count shows 413 students in pre-K through 5.
Summit Hall Elementary is one school in Montgomery County Public Schools, a system of 208 schools with 159,181 students.
At Summit Hall Elementary, Hispanic students make up 73% of the student body. It is also 19% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Montgomery County is roughly 21% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.5:1. That is 4.4 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Summit Hall Elementary reports 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Montgomery County, the median household income is $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Montgomery County has 211 public schools and roughly 159,181 students.
Rosemont Elementary is the public school closest to Summit Hall Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.8%; Summit Hall Elementary's is 24.4%, ranking 6th of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
2024-25 enrollment was 413, a 40% decrease from 683 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 10.7 to 9.5 over 4 years.
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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 Gaithersburg
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Quince Orchard HighHigh · 2,100 students
- Watkins Mill HighHigh · 1,577 students
- Lakelands Park MiddleMiddle · 993 students
- Gaithersburg MiddleMiddle · 869 students
- Forest Oak MiddleMiddle · 828 students
Nearby schools
- Rosemont Elementary0.6 mi · 564
- Gaithersburg High0.6 mi · 2,441
- Washington Grove Elementary1.0 mi · 480
- Gaithersburg Elementary1.2 mi · 603
- Fields Road Elementary1.2 mi · 453
- Gaithersburg Middle1.2 mi · 869
Frequently asked questions
About Summit Hall ElementaryHow many students attend Summit Hall Elementary?
Summit Hall Elementary enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-05.
Is Summit Hall Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Summit Hall Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Summit Hall Elementary have?
Summit Hall Elementary employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Summit Hall Elementary?
Student demographics at Summit Hall Elementary are roughly 2% White, 73% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Summit Hall Elementary in?
Summit Hall Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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