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Enrollment
677
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001660
Vansville Elementary
6813 Ammendale Rd, Beltsville, MD 20705 · (301) 931-2830 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL677 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
455 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
52.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
32.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.7pp 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 33 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.6% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 29.2% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Schools most like Vansville Elementary
Vansville Elementary's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vansville Elementary this school | 677 | 67.2% | 37.8% |
| Timber Grove Elementary Owings Mills | 608 | 68.8% | 30.1% |
| J. P. Ryon Elementary School Waldorf | 640 | 68.4% | 23.9% |
| Galway Elementary Silver Spring | 695 | 58.6% | 46.5% |
| Owings Mills Elementary Owings Mills | 666 | 68.2% | 35.4% |
| Jackson Road Elementary Silver Spring | 623 | 59.4% | 29.9% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Vansville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #503 of 853 | #30 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #551 of 853 ▲ 4 | #37 of 136 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #387 of 853 ▲ 174 | #23 of 136 ▲ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 677 | #119 of 898 | #15 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #515 of 857 | #109 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #366 of 857 | #22 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #310 of 885 | #100 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #277 of 551 | #63 of 99 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
677
-55 (-8%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 820
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 677 | 46.6 | 14.5:1 | 67% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 669 | 40.6 | 16.5:1 | 66% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 44.6 | 14.2:1 | 66% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 732 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 52% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 775 | 48.5 | 16.0:1 | 47% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 778 | 47 | 16.6:1 | 52% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | 48 | 17.1:1 | 42% (344) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vansville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (775 to 677); teachers down 4% (48.5 to 46.6).
About Vansville Elementary
Vansville Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Beltsville, Maryland. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 677 students. The average among elementary schools in Maryland is roughly 481 students; this school is 41% above that.
The district, Prince George's County Public Schools, operates 199 schools serving 132,693 students.
Black students make up a majority at Vansville Elementary, at 53%. Smaller groups are 32% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Vansville Elementary's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.5:1, with 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Vansville Elementary is 67%. Among public schools in Prince George's County, the average eligibility rate is 79%.
The allk12 Grade for Vansville Elementary is C+. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Vansville Elementary is 3.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 37.8%. Predicted: 34.5%.
In the county around the school, Prince George's County, the median household income is $101,798, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Prince George's County is home to 203 public schools and about 132,693 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Vansville Elementary is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place Vansville 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.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment decrease, from 732 in 2020-21 to 677 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.6:1 to 14.5:1.
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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 Beltsville
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Beltsville AcademyElementary · 1,113 students
- Calverton ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 605 students
- Frances R Fuchs E C CElementary · 364 students
- James E. DuckworthCombined · 99 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle1.3 mi · 605
- Beltsville Academy1.7 mi · 1,113
- James H. Harrison Elementary2.2 mi · 304
- Montpelier Elementary2.3 mi · 573
- Greenbelt Elementary2.4 mi · 531
- Calverton Elementary2.6 mi · 767
Frequently asked questions
About Vansville ElementaryHow many students attend Vansville Elementary?
Vansville Elementary enrolls approximately 677 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Vansville Elementary serve?
Vansville Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Vansville Elementary?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Vansville Elementary.
How diverse is Vansville Elementary?
Vansville Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 32% Hispanic, 53% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Vansville Elementary?
Vansville Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.