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Enrollment
646
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001171
Templeton Elementary
2500 Kenmoor Dr, Landover, MD 20785 · (301) 985-1880 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
615 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 | 37 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
61%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
16.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
16.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.3% | 16.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.7% | 14.7% |
% 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
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Templeton Elementary
Templeton Elementary's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Templeton Elementary this school | 646 | 95.2% | 17.8% |
| Paint Branch Elementary College Park | 488 | 91.0% | 31.4% |
| Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary Cheverly | 518 | 91.5% | 33.9% |
| William Paca Elementary Landover | 563 | 95.4% | 36.3% |
| Dodge Park Elementary Landover | 494 | 93.5% | 18.4% |
| Riverdale Elementary Riverdale | 586 | 93.7% | 28.6% |
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 Templeton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #815 of 853 | #126 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #785 of 853 no change | #109 of 136 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #833 of 853 ▼ 89 | #130 of 136 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #150 of 898 | #16 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #186 of 857 | #39 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #353 of 857 | #17 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #8 of 885 | #6 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #79 of 551 | #16 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
646
-271 (-30%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 665
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 646 | 53.4 | 12.1:1 | 95% (615) |
| 2023-24 | 781 | 58.4 | 13.4:1 | 92% (716) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 59.4 | 13.4:1 | 96% (767) |
| 2020-21 | 917 | 65 | 14.1:1 | 89% (813) |
| 2017-18 | 889 | 57.4 | 15.5:1 | 88% (783) |
| 2015-16 | 796 | 52 | 15.3:1 | 90% (713) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 88% (543) |
| 2000-01 | 793 | 40 | 19.8:1 | 71% (565) |
| 1990-91 | 665 | 30 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Templeton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (889 to 646); teachers down 7% (57.4 to 53.4).
About Templeton Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Templeton Elementary serves students in Landover, Maryland. A total of 646 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 34% above average.
The 199 schools of Prince George's County Public Schools, including Templeton Elementary, enroll 132,693 students.
Templeton Elementary's enrollment is 55% Hispanic. Next come 26% Asian, 13% Black, and 4% White. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Prince George's County residents. By the diversity index, Templeton Elementary comes in at 61%.
Teachers at Templeton Elementary total 53.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.1:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 615 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 95%. Compared with the 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County, the school's rate is higher.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 17.9% at Templeton Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 17.8%.
Among Prince George's County residents, median household income is about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 203 public schools in Prince George's County, with a combined enrollment of about 132,693.
Kenmoor Middle is located less than a tenth of a mile from Templeton Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Templeton Elementary is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
Templeton Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 30%, from 917 to 646. The school's ratio fell from 14.1:1 to 12.1:1 between 2020-21 and 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 Landover
- Fairmont Heights HighHigh · 1,090 students
- Kenmoor MiddleMiddle · 1,021 students
- Thomas G. PullenElementary · 740 students
- G. James Gholson MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- William Paca ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Cora L. Rice ElementaryElementary · 516 students
Other Templeton Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Templeton Elementary. Templeton Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Templeton Elementary SchoolTempleton, MA · 581 students
- Templeton ElementaryTempleton, CA · 422 students
- Templeton Elementary SchoolBloomington, IN · 412 students
Nearby schools
- Kenmoor Middle0.1 mi · 1,021
- Kenmoor Early Childhood Center0.2 mi · 240
- Robert Frost Elementary0.3 mi · 257
- Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary0.6 mi · 540
- Dodge Park Elementary0.7 mi · 494
- Glenarden Woods Elementary0.9 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Templeton ElementaryHow large is Templeton Elementary?
Templeton Elementary enrolls approximately 646 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Templeton Elementary serve?
Templeton Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Templeton Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Templeton Elementary is approximately 12.1:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Templeton Elementary?
At Templeton Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 55% Hispanic, 13% Black, 26% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Templeton Elementary public or private?
Templeton Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.