William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary

William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Germantown, Maryland, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, hosting 601 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% larger than the state mean of about 481.

Across the 208 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (159,181 students total), William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary logs that 28% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 27% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 17% White, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.5%; William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary posts 70.5%, +20.0 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

The closest other public school is Rocky Hill Middle, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 705 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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