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Enrollment
468
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000948
Westbrook Elementary
5110 Allan Ter, Bethesda, MD 20816 · (240) 740-1040 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
61 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 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
59%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
77.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
79.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.7% | 79.3% |
| 2023-24 | 82.1% | 76.4% |
% 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
78.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Westbrook Elementary
Westbrook Elementary's state test result (78.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook Elementary this school | 468 | 13.0% | 78.9% |
| Kensington Parkwood Elementary Kensington | 535 | 12.1% | 74.0% |
| Lisbon Elementary Woodbine | 480 | 14.4% | 62.6% |
| Poolesville Elementary Poolesville | 576 | 16.5% | 68.7% |
| Greenwood Elementary Brookeville | 534 | 12.0% | 73.0% |
| Riderwood Elementary Towson | 423 | 9.5% | 86.0% |
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 Westbrook Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #39 of 853 | #18 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #30 of 853 ▲ 16 | #13 of 131 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #80 of 853 ▼ 45 | #24 of 131 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #454 of 898 | #90 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #636 of 857 | #115 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #382 of 857 | #102 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.0% | #844 of 885 | #122 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.2% | #65 of 294 | #7 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
468
+137 (+41%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 272
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 468 | 30.4 | 15.4:1 | 13% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 32.7 | 15.7:1 | 12% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 32.5 | 15.3:1 | 14% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 27.1 | 14.0:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 2% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 272 | 16 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westbrook Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (380 to 468); teachers up 12% (27.1 to 30.4).
About Westbrook Elementary
Westbrook Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Bethesda, Maryland, under Montgomery County Public Schools. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 468 students on the rolls.
Montgomery County Public Schools has 208 schools and 159,181 students, and Westbrook Elementary is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Westbrook Elementary are White (60%). The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. In Montgomery County overall, about 42% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Westbrook Elementary scores 59%.
There are 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.4:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 1.6 students per teacher. On the income side, 13% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 27 points below the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
Westbrook Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 93% of Maryland public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Westbrook Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 78.9%; the prediction is 66.5%.
In the wider Montgomery County area, the median household earns about $132,450 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Montgomery County, 211 public schools serve about 159,181 students.
Westbrook Elementary's nearest public school is Westland Middle (about 0.4 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Westbrook Elementary. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Westbrook Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Federal data put enrollment at 331 in 2020-21 and 468 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.4:1.
This page is set up for the Westbrook Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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- 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 Bethesda
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
- Walt Whitman HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Thomas W. Pyle MiddleMiddle · 1,259 students
- North Bethesda MiddleMiddle · 1,224 students
- Ashburton ElementaryElementary · 871 students
Other Westbrook Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Westbrook Elementary. Westbrook Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Westbrook ElementaryRoseville, CA · 701 students
- WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 545 students
- Westbrook Elementary SchoolGlenview, IL · 467 students
- WESTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBENTON, AR · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Westland Middle0.4 mi · 839
- Somerset Elementary0.9 mi · 314
- AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Spring Valley0.9 mi · 113
- Wood Acres Elementary1.1 mi · 609
- Janney Elementary School1.4 mi · 717
- Jackson-Reed High School1.5 mi · 1,855
Frequently asked questions
About Westbrook ElementaryHow large is Westbrook Elementary?
Westbrook Elementary enrolls approximately 468 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Westbrook Elementary serve?
Westbrook Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Westbrook Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Westbrook Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westbrook Elementary?
At Westbrook Elementary, the student body is approximately 60% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Westbrook Elementary public or private?
Westbrook Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.