Wheaton Woods Elementary

Wheaton Woods Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary school in Rockville, Maryland, part of Montgomery County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 556 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Wheaton Woods Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Black, 4% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wheaton Woods Elementary has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

After controlling for student poverty, Wheaton Woods Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.9%; this one delivers 40.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), Wheaton Woods Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Sargent Shriver Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wheaton Woods Elementary. On composite proficiency, Wheaton Woods Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Wheaton Woods Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 546 (now 556). Hispanic enrollment moved from 60% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.