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If you could change one rule at Thurgood Marshall Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000404
Thurgood Marshall Elementary
12260 McDonald Chapel Dr, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 · (240) 740-5990 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
243 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 | 67 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 18% |
Student demographics
75%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
52.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.8pp since 2023
Math
48.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 38.5% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
Where Thurgood Marshall Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #414 of 853 | #86 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #308 of 853 | #72 of 131 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #382 of 853 | #75 of 131 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #279 of 898 | #55 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #260 of 857 | #68 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #41 of 857 | #24 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.9% | #579 of 885 | #64 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #158 of 551 | #24 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
553
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 553 | 43.5 | 12.7:1 | 44% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 39.7 | 15.0:1 | 42% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 41.9 | 14.1:1 | 49% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 39% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 39.6 | 17.3:1 | 34% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 39 | 17.0:1 | 31% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 28% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 31 | 16.5:1 | 16% (82) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thurgood Marshall Elementary.
About Thurgood Marshall Elementary
Thurgood Marshall Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The school counted 553 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Montgomery County Public Schools (208 schools, 159,181 students) runs Thurgood Marshall Elementary.
Of every 100 students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary, about 31 are Hispanic, the largest group. After that, the student body is 31% White, 22% Black, 10% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 21% Hispanic. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Thurgood Marshall Elementary comes to 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.7:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. On the income side, 44% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The model predicts 48.2% for a school in Maryland with Thurgood Marshall Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Thurgood Marshall Elementary posts 45.0%.
In Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Montgomery County, 211 public schools serve about 159,181 students.
Among nearby public schools, Ridgeview Middle is closest at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Thurgood Marshall Elementary. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Thurgood Marshall Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Thurgood Marshall Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Thurgood Marshall Elementary enrolled 556; in 2024-25, 553.
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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
- Ridgeview Middle0.6 mi · 722
- Quince Orchard High0.8 mi · 2,100
- Rachel Carson Elementary1.0 mi · 671
- Diamond Elementary1.3 mi · 654
- Jones Lane Elementary1.6 mi · 428
- Lakelands Park Middle1.6 mi · 993
Frequently asked questions
About Thurgood Marshall ElementaryHow large is Thurgood Marshall Elementary?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary enrolls approximately 553 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Thurgood Marshall Elementary serve?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Thurgood Marshall Elementary have?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary?
At Thurgood Marshall Elementary, the student body is approximately 31% White, 31% Hispanic, 22% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Thurgood Marshall Elementary?
Thurgood Marshall Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
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