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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001176
Thomas S. Stone Elementary
4500 34th St, Mt Rainier, MD 20712 · (301) 985-1890 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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
14.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
517 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 | 38 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
40%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
26.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +9.4pp since 2023
Math
22.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.6% | 22.5% |
| 2023-24 | 17.2% | 26.3% |
% 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Thomas S. Stone Elementary
Thomas S. Stone Elementary's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas S. Stone Elementary this school | 580 | 89.1% | 23.1% |
| James McHenry Elementary Lanham | 610 | 91.6% | 20.1% |
| Adelphi Elementary Adelphi | 505 | 88.9% | 28.3% |
| Edward M. Felegy ES Hyattsville | 641 | 93.6% | 25.9% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary Hyattsville | 631 | 89.5% | 23.9% |
| Gaywood Elementary Lanham | 525 | 90.5% | 30.1% |
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 Thomas S. Stone Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #749 of 853 | #103 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #710 of 853 ▼ 111 | #86 of 136 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #756 of 853 ▲ 51 | #109 of 136 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #238 of 898 | #26 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #538 of 857 | #116 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #633 of 857 | #94 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #102 of 885 | #83 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #312 of 551 | #66 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
580
+114 (+24%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
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 | 580 | 39.5 | 14.7:1 | 89% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 37.3 | 14.3:1 | 87% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 34.8 | 12.4:1 | 91% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 87% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 62.3 | 10.5:1 | 89% (579) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 62 | 11.9:1 | 89% (659) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 53 | 11.9:1 | 89% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 807 | 61 | 13.2:1 | 86% (698) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 38 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas S. Stone Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (654 to 580); teachers down 37% (62.3 to 39.5).
About Thomas S. Stone Elementary
In Mt Rainier, Maryland, part of Prince George's County, Thomas S. Stone Elementary is an elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 580 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students, which makes this school 21% above average.
Prince George's County Public Schools, which runs Thomas S. Stone Elementary, has 199 schools and 132,693 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Thomas S. Stone Elementary is 75%, a majority. The remaining students are 20% Black and 3% White. Census figures show Prince George's County is about 23% Hispanic. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at Thomas S. Stone Elementary are from different groups.
A staff of 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 89%. It compares with 79% for public schools in Prince George's County.
Thomas S. Stone Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 21% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Thomas S. Stone Elementary would be expected to post about 21.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Prince George's County show that the median household earns about $101,798 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Prince George's County has 203 public schools with about 132,693 students, including Thomas S. Stone Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Mt Rainier Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Thomas S. Stone Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
The NCES locale for Thomas S. Stone Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count rose 24% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 11.7:1 to 14.7:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Mt Rainier Elementary0.5 mi · 311
- Perry Street Preparatory PCS1.1 mi · 437
- The Sojourner Truth School PCS1.1 mi · 292
- Friendship PCS - Woodridge International Middle School1.2 mi · 223
- Friendship PCS - Woodridge International Elementary1.2 mi · 218
- Burroughs Elementary School1.2 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas S. Stone ElementaryHow many students attend Thomas S. Stone Elementary?
Thomas S. Stone Elementary enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
Is Thomas S. Stone Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas S. Stone Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Thomas S. Stone Elementary have?
Thomas S. Stone Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
How diverse is Thomas S. Stone Elementary?
Thomas S. Stone Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 75% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Thomas S. Stone Elementary?
Thomas S. Stone Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
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