Weller Road Elementary

Set in Silver Spring, Maryland, Weller Road Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools. It educates 691 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 44% bigger than typical.

Weller Road Elementary is one of 208 schools operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, a district that teaches 159,181 students overall.

Demographically, Weller Road Elementary shows that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% Black, 4% Asian, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Weller Road Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.6%; this one delivers 34.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) records that median household earnings sit near $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Weller Road Elementary is one campus in the mix.

A. Mario Loiederman Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Weller Road Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 33.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Weller Road Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 701 students in 2018 to 691 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 79% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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