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What do you wish you knew before starting at Wheaton Woods Elementary?
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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000952
Wheaton Woods Elementary
4510 Faroe Pl, Rockville, MD 20853 · (240) 740-0220 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.7:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
360 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 | 61 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
47%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
36.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 42.8% |
% 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 Wheaton Woods Elementary
Wheaton Woods Elementary's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton Woods Elementary this school | 556 | 64.7% | 40.2% |
| Harriet R. Tubman Elementary Gaithersburg | 571 | 61.6% | 27.9% |
| Gaithersburg Elementary Gaithersburg | 603 | 67.5% | 20.9% |
| New Hampshire Estates Elem Silver Spring | 455 | 69.2% | N/A |
| Georgian Forest Elementary Silver Spring | 600 | 57.8% | 29.7% |
| Viers Mill Elementary Silver Spring | 556 | 69.6% | 33.9% |
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 Wheaton Woods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #471 of 853 | #95 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #365 of 853 ▲ 9 | #79 of 131 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #618 of 853 ▼ 62 | #110 of 131 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #275 of 898 | #54 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #62 of 857 | #18 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #554 of 857 | #123 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #345 of 885 | #14 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #263 of 294 | #30 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
556
+62 (+13%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 556 | 51.8 | 10.7:1 | 65% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 53.4 | 10.4:1 | 67% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 52.3 | 10.7:1 | 83% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 47 | 10.5:1 | 81% (399) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 44.9 | 12.2:1 | 82% (450) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 83% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 80% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 58% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 26 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wheaton Woods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (546 to 556); teachers up 15% (44.9 to 51.8).
About Wheaton Woods Elementary
Federal records list Wheaton Woods Elementary as an elementary school in Rockville, Maryland. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 556 students.
The district, Montgomery County Public Schools, has 159,181 students enrolled across 208 schools.
Roughly 69% of students at Wheaton Woods Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 22% Black, 4% White, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 21% Hispanic. Wheaton Woods Elementary's diversity index is 47%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 51.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.7:1. That is 3.1 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 65%. Among public schools in Montgomery County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
Wheaton Woods Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Wheaton Woods Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (40.2%) and its predicted rate (35.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
Montgomery County has about 1,065,949 residents, and the median household income is $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Montgomery County has 211 public schools and roughly 159,181 students.
The nearest public school is Sargent Shriver Elementary, at about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Wheaton Woods Elementary places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 556 students in 2024-25, 62 more than the 494 it had in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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 Rockville
- Richard Montgomery HighHigh · 2,366 students
- Thomas S. Wootton HighHigh · 1,870 students
- Col. Zadok Magruder HighHigh · 1,671 students
- Northwood HighHigh · 1,654 students
- Rockville HighHigh · 1,550 students
- Julius West MiddleMiddle · 1,365 students
Nearby schools
- Sargent Shriver Elementary0.7 mi · 697
- Harmony Hills Elementary1.0 mi · 655
- Brookhaven Elementary1.0 mi · 436
- A. Mario Loiederman Middle1.0 mi · 978
- Parkland Middle1.1 mi · 1,185
- Weller Road Elementary1.2 mi · 691
Frequently asked questions
About Wheaton Woods ElementaryHow large is Wheaton Woods Elementary?
Wheaton Woods Elementary enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wheaton Woods Elementary serve?
Wheaton Woods Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wheaton Woods Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wheaton Woods Elementary is approximately 10.7:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Wheaton Woods Elementary?
Student demographics at Wheaton Woods Elementary are roughly 4% White, 69% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Wheaton Woods Elementary?
Wheaton Woods 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.