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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000946
Weller Road Elementary
3301 Weller Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20906 · (301) 287-8601 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
451 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 | 72 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
29%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
36.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
36.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 37 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 26.8% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Weller Road Elementary
Weller Road Elementary's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weller Road Elementary this school | 691 | 65.3% | 34.9% |
| Harmony Hills Elementary Silver Spring | 655 | 65.0% | 28.3% |
| JoAnn Leleck at Broad Acres Elementary Silver Spring | 756 | 69.2% | 31.1% |
| Rolling Terrace Elementary Takoma Park | 645 | 68.8% | 21.1% |
| South Lake Elementary Gaithersburg | 746 | 66.1% | 24.8% |
| Gaithersburg Elementary Gaithersburg | 603 | 67.5% | 20.9% |
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 Weller Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #547 of 853 | #105 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #492 of 853 ▲ 97 | #101 of 131 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #613 of 853 ▼ 102 | #109 of 131 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #106 of 898 | #15 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #119 of 857 | #39 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #735 of 857 | #133 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #337 of 885 | #12 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #520 of 551 | #91 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
691
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 691 | 60.2 | 11.5:1 | 65% (451) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 64.4 | 10.9:1 | 63% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 62.8 | 11.8:1 | 85% (628) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 61 | 11.1:1 | 82% (556) |
| 2017-18 | 701 | 54 | 13.0:1 | 80% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 75% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 47 | 12.3:1 | 78% (448) |
| 2000-01 | 677 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 56% (379) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 23 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weller Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (701 to 691); teachers up 11% (54 to 60.2).
About Weller Road Elementary
Weller Road Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Maryland, with an address in Silver Spring. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 691 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Maryland have about 481 students on average; enrollment here is 44% higher.
Weller Road Elementary is one of the 208 schools that make up Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students in total).
The share of Hispanic students at Weller Road Elementary is 84%. The remaining shares are 7% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% White. Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 29%.
There are about 11.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Weller Road Elementary, which has 60.2. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Weller Road Elementary is about 65%. That is 25 points above the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
In Maryland, Weller Road Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.9% actual against a predicted 35.6%.
Montgomery County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County's 211 public schools enroll about 159,181 students and include Weller Road Elementary.
A. Mario Loiederman Middle sits about 0.2 miles from Weller Road Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 34.9% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 677 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 691.
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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
- A. Mario Loiederman Middle0.2 mi · 978
- Wheaton High0.4 mi · 2,794
- Sargent Shriver Elementary0.7 mi · 697
- Georgian Forest Elementary0.8 mi · 600
- Harmony Hills Elementary0.9 mi · 655
- Highland Elementary1.0 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Weller Road ElementaryHow many students attend Weller Road Elementary?
Weller Road Elementary enrolls approximately 691 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Weller Road Elementary serve?
Weller Road Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Weller Road Elementary have?
Weller Road Elementary employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Weller Road Elementary?
Student demographics at Weller Road Elementary are roughly 4% White, 84% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Weller Road Elementary?
Weller Road Elementary is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.