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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Waldon Woods Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001180
Waldon Woods Elementary
10301 Thrift Rd, Clinton, MD 20735 · (301) 599-2540 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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
15.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
481 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
47%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
41.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +14.2pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +20.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 10.9% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Waldon Woods Elementary
Waldon Woods Elementary's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldon Woods Elementary this school | 523 | 92.0% | 27.4% |
| Panorama Elementary Temple Hills | 554 | 91.0% | 27.6% |
| Suitland Elementary Suitland | 514 | 94.2% | 18.7% |
| Ardmore Elementary Springdale | 470 | 92.3% | 36.1% |
| Francis Scott Key Elementary District Heights | 451 | 92.9% | 18.4% |
| Andrew Jackson Academy Forestville | 458 | 93.9% | 20.2% |
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 Waldon Woods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #677 of 853 | #79 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #575 of 853 ▲ 250 | #46 of 136 ▲ 79 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #547 of 853 ▲ 163 | #52 of 136 ▲ 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #334 of 898 | #41 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #665 of 857 | #127 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #559 of 857 | #79 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #55 of 885 | #44 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #106 of 551 | #25 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
523
-36 (-6%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 523 | 33.4 | 15.7:1 | 92% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 32.1 | 17.6:1 | 72% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 70% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 30 | 18.6:1 | 60% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 34.3 | 20.1:1 | 52% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 31 | 19.6:1 | 52% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 33 | 19.0:1 | 50% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 617 | 26 | 23.7:1 | 29% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 22 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waldon Woods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (689 to 523); teachers down 3% (34.3 to 33.4).
About Waldon Woods Elementary
Federal records list Waldon Woods Elementary as an elementary school in Clinton, Maryland. The school serves 523 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Waldon Woods Elementary belongs to Prince George's County Public Schools, a district of 199 schools and 132,693 students.
By race and ethnicity, Waldon Woods Elementary is 68% Black. The school is also 25% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 59% Black share among all Prince George's County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Waldon Woods Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Teachers at Waldon Woods Elementary total 33.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.7:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 481 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 92%. The 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County is 13 points lower.
Waldon Woods Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 19.8% at Waldon Woods Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.4%.
In Prince George's County (population about 959,754), median household income is about $101,798, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Waldon Woods Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County, which together enroll about 132,693 students.
Nearest public school: Surrattsville High, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Waldon Woods Elementary places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 559 to 523 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.6 to 15.7 over 4 years.
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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 Clinton
- Surrattsville HighHigh · 875 students
- Stephen Decatur MiddleMiddle · 751 students
- Francis T. Evans ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- James Ryder Randall ElementaryElementary · 299 students
- Clinton Grove ElementaryElementary · 295 students
- James Ryder Randall E C CElementary · 193 students
Nearby schools
- Surrattsville High0.9 mi · 875
- Clinton Grove Elementary1.4 mi · 295
- Stephen Decatur Middle2.0 mi · 751
- James Ryder Randall Elementary2.5 mi · 299
- James Ryder Randall E C C2.5 mi · 193
- Francis T. Evans Elementary2.5 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Waldon Woods ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Waldon Woods Elementary?
Waldon Woods Elementary enrolls approximately 523 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Waldon Woods Elementary serve?
Waldon Woods Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Waldon Woods Elementary?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Waldon Woods Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waldon Woods Elementary?
At Waldon Woods Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 25% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Waldon Woods Elementary public or private?
Waldon Woods 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.