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What advice would you give to incoming students at Waters Landing Elementary?
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Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001508
Waters Landing Elementary
13100 Waters Landing Dr, Germantown, MD 20874 · (240) 740-1020 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
414 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
69%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
42.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.7% | 25.3% |
% 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
40.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Waters Landing Elementary
Waters Landing Elementary's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waters Landing Elementary this school | 735 | 56.3% | 33.9% |
| Laurel Woods Elementary Laurel | 625 | 58.4% | 38.1% |
| Jackson Road Elementary Silver Spring | 623 | 59.4% | 29.9% |
| Bollman Bridge Elementary Jessup | 775 | 52.9% | 39.9% |
| Orchard Grove Elementary Frederick | 613 | 53.7% | 56.8% |
| Ballenger Creek Elementary Frederick | 715 | 57.5% | 44.1% |
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 Waters Landing Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #567 of 853 | #111 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #563 of 853 ▲ 48 | #112 of 131 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #526 of 853 ▲ 46 | #99 of 131 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #73 of 898 | #8 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #229 of 857 | #64 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #218 of 857 | #68 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #467 of 885 | #45 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #227 of 294 | #27 of 34 |
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
735
+62 (+9%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 865
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 735 | 59.1 | 12.4:1 | 56% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 717 | 60.2 | 11.9:1 | 61% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 753 | 53.5 | 14.1:1 | 68% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 53 | 12.7:1 | 62% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 51.2 | 13.9:1 | 52% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 52% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 43 | 14.6:1 | 40% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 20% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 865 | 43 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waters Landing Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (710 to 735); teachers up 15% (51.2 to 59.1).
About Waters Landing Elementary
Families in Germantown, Maryland, are served by Waters Landing Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrolled students number 735 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 53% higher than the average for elementary schools in Maryland, which is about 481.
Within Montgomery County Public Schools, Waters Landing Elementary is one of 208 schools. The district enrolls 159,181 students.
At Waters Landing Elementary, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 40%. The school is also 36% Black, 12% White, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 21% Hispanic share among all Montgomery County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Waters Landing Elementary is 59.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.4:1. This ratio sits 1.4 below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 56%. The 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 16 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Waters Landing Elementary is C-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 20% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Waters Landing Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.9% and a predicted 40.9%.
In the county around the school, Montgomery County, the median household income is $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Montgomery County is home to 211 public schools and about 159,181 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Lake Seneca Elementary, is about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Waters Landing Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 62 more students in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Germantown
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Kingsview MiddleMiddle · 908 students
- Roberto W. Clemente MiddleMiddle · 888 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Neelsville MiddleMiddle · 781 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Seneca Elementary0.9 mi · 437
- Seneca Valley High1.0 mi · 2,409
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle1.0 mi · 841
- William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary1.3 mi · 601
- Germantown Elementary1.4 mi · 314
- S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary1.5 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Waters Landing ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Waters Landing Elementary?
Waters Landing Elementary enrolls approximately 735 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Waters Landing Elementary serve?
Waters Landing Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Waters Landing Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Waters Landing Elementary is approximately 12.4:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waters Landing Elementary?
At Waters Landing Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 40% Hispanic, 36% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Waters Landing Elementary in?
Waters Landing Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.