Valley View Elementary

Set in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Valley View Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community, run under Prince George's County Public Schools. It caters to 351 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Valley View Elementary sits 27% smaller than that benchmark.

Valley View Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that instructs 132,693 students overall.

Demographically, Valley View Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 44% Black, 3% Asian, 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.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Valley View Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Valley View Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 23.5%; this one delivers 43.0%, a residual of +19.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), Valley View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Prekindergarten Offsites, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Valley View Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Valley View Elementary's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 351). Black enrollment moved from 57% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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