University Park Elementary

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in Hyattsville, Maryland, University Park Elementary works with 538 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Prince George's County Public Schools.

University Park Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that caters to 132,693 students overall.

On demographics, University Park Elementary records that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 22% Black, 21% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, University Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.0%; this one delivers 46.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Prince George's County) logs that median household income runs about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), University Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Hyattsville Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), University Park Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 574 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 38% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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