William Beanes Elementary

William Beanes Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in Suitland, Maryland, run under Prince George's County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 424 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Prince George's County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 132,693 students, William Beanes Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, William Beanes Elementary logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 33% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 90% of students at William Beanes Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, William Beanes Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.8%; this one delivers 16.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate median household income runs about $101,798, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), William Beanes Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Andrew Jackson Academy, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts William Beanes Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 19.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. William Beanes Elementary's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 424). Black enrollment moved from 73% to 63% across the same window.

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