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What's one thing Viers Mill Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000940
Viers Mill Elementary
11711 Joseph Mill Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20906 · (240) 740-1000 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
387 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 | 124 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
51%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
30.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
35.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.4% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 34.1% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Viers Mill Elementary
Viers Mill Elementary's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viers Mill Elementary this school | 556 | 69.6% | 33.9% |
| Colgate Elementary Baltimore | 533 | 66.8% | 18.9% |
| Gaithersburg Elementary Gaithersburg | 603 | 67.5% | 20.9% |
| Wheaton Woods Elementary Rockville | 556 | 64.7% | 40.2% |
| Harriet R. Tubman Elementary Gaithersburg | 571 | 61.6% | 27.9% |
| Norwood Elementary Baltimore | 521 | 71.4% | 25.7% |
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 Viers Mill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #570 of 853 | #112 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #500 of 853 ▼ 12 | #103 of 131 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #716 of 853 ▼ 133 | #123 of 131 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #274 of 898 | #53 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #73 of 857 | #23 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #502 of 857 | #120 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #281 of 885 | #4 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #256 of 551 | #42 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. 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
556
+53 (+11%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 556 | 51.1 | 10.9:1 | 70% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 50.1 | 10.8:1 | 54% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 48.6 | 10.9:1 | 74% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 49 | 10.3:1 | 67% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 51.8 | 12.4:1 | 62% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 57 | 12.0:1 | 67% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 51 | 11.4:1 | 71% (410) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 51 | 13.4:1 | 60% (411) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 31 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Viers Mill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (644 to 556); teachers down 1% (51.8 to 51.1).
About Viers Mill Elementary
Students in Silver Spring, Maryland, attend Viers Mill Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 556 students are in pre-K through 5.
Montgomery County Public Schools has 208 schools and 159,181 students, and Viers Mill Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 68% of enrollment at Viers Mill Elementary. The remaining students are 13% White, 10% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 21% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Viers Mill Elementary comes in at 51%.
At Viers Mill Elementary, 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.9:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 70% of enrollment. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 30 points.
Viers Mill Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.9% is within a point of the 33.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Montgomery County (population about 1,065,949), median household income is about $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 211 public schools operate in Montgomery County, serving about 159,181 students.
Rock View Elementary is the public school closest to Viers Mill Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 39.5%; Viers Mill Elementary's is 33.9%, ranking 6th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 503 to 556.
The Viers Mill Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Silver Spring
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- James Hubert Blake HighHigh · 1,960 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Springbrook HighHigh · 1,838 students
- Takoma Park MiddleMiddle · 1,177 students
Nearby schools
- Rock View Elementary0.8 mi · 588
- Sargent Shriver Elementary1.0 mi · 697
- Newport Mill Middle1.1 mi · 652
- Albert Einstein High1.2 mi · 1,991
- Highland Elementary1.2 mi · 509
- Wheaton High1.2 mi · 2,794
Frequently asked questions
About Viers Mill ElementaryHow large is Viers Mill Elementary?
Viers Mill Elementary enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Viers Mill Elementary serve?
Viers Mill Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Viers Mill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Viers Mill Elementary is approximately 10.9:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Viers Mill Elementary?
Student demographics at Viers Mill Elementary are roughly 13% White, 68% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Viers Mill Elementary in?
Viers Mill Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.