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Does Whitehall Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
485
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001461
Whitehall Elementary
3901 Woodhaven Ln, Bowie, MD 20715 · (301) 805-1000 · Prince George's County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B+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.
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
15.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
184 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
6
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 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
70.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.5pp since 2023
Math
51.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 40.7% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Whitehall Elementary
Whitehall Elementary's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall Elementary this school | 485 | 37.9% | 55.8% |
| Severn Elementary Severn | 458 | 40.8% | 48.9% |
| Robert Goddard Montessori Seabrook | 464 | 38.1% | 48.5% |
| Yorktown Elementary Bowie | 396 | 37.4% | 59.0% |
| Tulip Grove Elementary Bowie | 477 | 43.4% | 56.0% |
| Swansfield Elementary Columbia | 594 | 38.2% | 54.3% |
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 Whitehall Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #265 of 853 | #9 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #279 of 853 ▲ 120 | #11 of 136 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #138 of 853 ▲ 107 | #6 of 136 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #410 of 898 | #52 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #613 of 857 | #123 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #275 of 857 | #8 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #640 of 885 | #137 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #165 of 551 | #43 of 99 |
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
485
-92 (-16%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 485 | 31.9 | 15.2:1 | 38% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 30.4 | 15.8:1 | 36% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 34.4 | 16.4:1 | 33% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 26% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 597 | 32.8 | 18.2:1 | 26% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 23% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 23 | 19.5:1 | 19% (86) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitehall Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (597 to 485); teachers down 3% (32.8 to 31.9).
About Whitehall Elementary
Whitehall Elementary is an elementary school located in Bowie, Maryland, in Prince George's County. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 485 students.
Prince George's County Public Schools has 199 schools and 132,693 students, and Whitehall Elementary is one of those schools.
Whitehall Elementary is 51% Black by enrollment. The remaining students are 22% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Whitehall Elementary's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Whitehall Elementary is 31.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.2:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The school counts 184 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 38%. It compares with 79% for public schools in Prince George's County.
allk12 grades Whitehall Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Whitehall Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (55.8%) and its predicted rate (51.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
Whitehall Elementary is located in Prince George's County, where the median household income is $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Whitehall Elementary is one of 203 public schools in the county.
Woodmore Elementary is the public school closest to Whitehall Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Whitehall Elementary at 3rd of 8.
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).
Federal data show a 16% enrollment decrease, from 577 in 2020-21 to 485 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.5:1 to 15.2:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Whitehall Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Bowie
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Benjamin Tasker MiddleMiddle · 1,058 students
- Samuel Ogle MiddleMiddle · 806 students
- Northview ElementaryElementary · 587 students
- Tulip Grove ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Pointer Ridge ElementaryElementary · 416 students
Other Whitehall Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Whitehall Elementary. Whitehall Elementary is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Whitehall Elementary SchoolPittsburgh, PA · 669 students
- Whitehall ElementaryAnderson, SC · 504 students
- Whitehall Elementary SchoolNorristown, PA · 503 students
- Whitehall Elementary SchoolWILLIAMSTOWN, NJ · 390 students
- WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWHITEHALL, NY · 332 students
Nearby schools
- Woodmore Elementary0.6 mi · 402
- Rockledge Elementary0.6 mi · 319
- Samuel Ogle Middle0.6 mi · 806
- Chapel Forge E C C0.8 mi · 230
- Bowie High0.9 mi · 2,580
- Yorktown Elementary1.0 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Whitehall ElementaryHow large is Whitehall Elementary?
Whitehall Elementary enrolls approximately 485 students in grades KG-05.
Is Whitehall Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whitehall Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Whitehall Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Whitehall Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Whitehall Elementary?
At Whitehall Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 12% Hispanic, 51% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Whitehall Elementary?
Whitehall Elementary is overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools in Prince George's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.