William Paca Elementary

William Paca Elementary, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Landover, Maryland, operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, serves 563 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

William Paca Elementary is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that serves 132,693 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, William Paca Elementary lists that 42% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 39% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), William Paca Elementary sits in the top 10% of Maryland schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 17.8%; actual is 36.3%, +18.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Prince George's County shows median household earnings sit near $101,798, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. William Paca Elementary is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

The closest other public school is Cora L. Rice Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, William Paca Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Paca Elementary has shrank 6%, going from 598 students in 2018 to 563 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 59% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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