Thomas G. Pullen

Set in Landover, Maryland, Thomas G. Pullen is a large primary school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools. It enrolls 740 students across grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 54% above typical.

Prince George's County Public Schools comprises 199 schools with combined enrollment of 132,693 students; Thomas G. Pullen is among them.

On demographics, Thomas G. Pullen shows that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 11% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Thomas G. Pullen records 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thomas G. Pullen sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 42.3%.

In the broader community, Prince George's County reports that median household income runs about $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Thomas G. Pullen is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

The closest other public school is Phyllis E. Williams Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thomas G. Pullen. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas G. Pullen ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 744 students in 2018 compared to 740 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window.

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