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What's something William Paca Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
563
Elementary
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000729
William Paca Elementary
7801 Sherriff Rd, Landover, MD 20785 · (301) 925-1330 · Prince George's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- A+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
14.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
537 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
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
38.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
33.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 33.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 32.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 18% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 William Paca Elementary
William Paca Elementary's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Paca Elementary this school | 563 | 95.4% | 36.3% |
| Dodge Park Elementary Landover | 494 | 93.5% | 18.4% |
| Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary Cheverly | 518 | 91.5% | 33.9% |
| Scotchtown Hills Elementary Laurel | 589 | 90.3% | 25.2% |
| Glenn Dale Elementary Glenn Dale | 493 | 91.9% | 26.1% |
| Greenbelt Elementary Greenbelt | 531 | 88.3% | 37.8% |
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 William Paca Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #517 of 853 | #35 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #547 of 853 ▼ 25 | #36 of 136 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #592 of 853 ▼ 111 | #66 of 136 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #266 of 898 | #29 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #484 of 857 | #106 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #284 of 857 | #10 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #7 of 885 | #5 of 144 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #431 of 551 | #89 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
563
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 563 | 39.3 | 14.3:1 | 95% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 37.8 | 15.2:1 | 87% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 35.8 | 15.6:1 | 92% (517) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 91% (493) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 32.8 | 18.2:1 | 100% (598) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 84% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 82% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 787 | 38 | 20.7:1 | 59% (462) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William Paca Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (598 to 563); teachers up 20% (32.8 to 39.3).
About William Paca Elementary
William Paca Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Landover, Maryland. It enrolled 563 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
William Paca Elementary reports to Prince George's County Public Schools, which has 199 schools and 132,693 students.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at William Paca Elementary, at 42%. Enrollment also includes 39% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 5% White. Among people living in Prince George's County, the Black share is about 59%. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at William Paca Elementary is 39.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.3:1. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Around 95% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Prince George's County average 79%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, William Paca Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, William Paca Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Maryland. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.3%, against a prediction of 17.8%.
Census estimates describe Prince George's County this way: the median household income is $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides William Paca Elementary, Prince George's County has 202 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Cora L. Rice Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, William Paca Elementary places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
William Paca Elementary's enrollment grew from 544 in 2020-21 to 563 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.3:1.
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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 Landover
- Fairmont Heights HighHigh · 1,090 students
- Kenmoor MiddleMiddle · 1,021 students
- Thomas G. PullenElementary · 740 students
- Templeton ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- G. James Gholson MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- Cora L. Rice ElementaryElementary · 516 students
Other William Paca Elementary schools
One other US public school is named William Paca Elementary. William Paca Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- William Paca ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Cora L. Rice Elementary0.6 mi · 516
- G. James Gholson Middle0.6 mi · 603
- Robert Frost Elementary0.7 mi · 257
- Columbia Park Elementary0.8 mi · 429
- Judith P. Hoyer Montessori1.0 mi · 361
- Templeton Elementary1.0 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About William Paca ElementaryHow large is William Paca Elementary?
William Paca Elementary enrolls approximately 563 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does William Paca Elementary serve?
William Paca Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at William Paca Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at William Paca Elementary.
How diverse is William Paca Elementary?
William Paca Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 39% Hispanic, 42% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees William Paca Elementary?
William Paca 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.