Washington Grove Elementary

Washington Grove Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary school in Gaithersburg, Maryland, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools, instructs 480 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Washington Grove Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Washington Grove Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder breaks down as 22% Black, 11% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Washington Grove Elementary has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Washington Grove Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of -10.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington Grove Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rosemont Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Washington Grove Elementary. On composite proficiency, Washington Grove Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.5%.

Washington Grove Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Grove Elementary has showed little movement, going from 482 students in 2018 to 480 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Washington Grove Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.