William W. Hall Academy

William W. Hall Academy is one of the reasonably sized elementary schools in Capitol Heights, Maryland, one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools, with 444 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

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

On the student-mix side, William W. Hall Academy reports that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 41% Black. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, William W. Hall Academy shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at William W. Hall Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, William W. Hall Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.1%, the actual is 22.0%, a residual of +1.9 points.

In the broader community, Prince George's County reports that median household earnings sit near $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. William W. Hall Academy is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

Nearest neighbor: Doswell E. Brooks Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts William W. Hall Academy at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 29.9%.

William W. Hall Academy operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 540 students in 2018 compared to 444 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 69% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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