Thomas S. Stone Elementary

Thomas S. Stone Elementary is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Mt Rainier, Maryland, one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools, with 580 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Thomas S. Stone Elementary sits 21% above that benchmark.

Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 132,693 students. Thomas S. Stone Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Thomas S. Stone Elementary logs that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Thomas S. Stone Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.5%; this one delivers 23.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Prince George's County put the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), Thomas S. Stone Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mt Rainier Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Thomas S. Stone Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas S. Stone Elementary has contracted 11%, going from 654 students in 2018 to 580 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Thomas S. Stone Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.