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What clubs or activities at Tulip Grove Elementary are worth joining?
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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001177
Tulip Grove Elementary
2909 Trainor Ln, Bowie, MD 20715 · (301) 805-2680 · Prince George's County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
207 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
64.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
46.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
477
+154 (+48%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.4:1
% White
22%
was 35%
% Hispanic
15%
was 12%
% Black
53%
was 48%
% Asian
4%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Tulip Grove Elementary
As a mid-tier primary school in Bowie, Maryland, Tulip Grove Elementary enrolls 477 students from grades K through 5, part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
Across the 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools (132,693 students total), Tulip Grove Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Tulip Grove Elementary reports that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 22% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Tulip Grove Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at Tulip Grove Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tulip Grove Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 56.0%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Prince George's County) logs that median household earnings sit near $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Tulip Grove Elementary is one.
Benjamin Tasker Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Tulip Grove Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 48%: 323 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 35% to 22%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the Tulip Grove Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Bowie
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Benjamin Tasker MiddleMiddle · 1,058 students
- Samuel Ogle MiddleMiddle · 806 students
- Northview ElementaryElementary · 587 students
- Whitehall ElementaryElementary · 485 students
- Pointer Ridge ElementaryElementary · 416 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Tasker Middle0.8 mi · 1,058
- Bowie High0.8 mi · 2,580
- Woodmore Elementary0.9 mi · 402
- Kenilworth Elementary1.1 mi · 364
- Whitehall Elementary1.5 mi · 485
- Chapel Forge E C C1.5 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Tulip Grove ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Tulip Grove Elementary?
Tulip Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 477 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tulip Grove Elementary serve?
Tulip Grove Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Tulip Grove Elementary have?
Tulip Grove Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tulip Grove Elementary?
At Tulip Grove Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 15% Hispanic, 53% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Tulip Grove Elementary public or private?
Tulip Grove 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.