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Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001721
Wilson Wims Elementary School
12520 Blue Sky Drive, Clarksburg, MD 20871 · (240) 406-1670 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
92 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 31 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
90.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.1pp since 2023
Math
80.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.7% | 80.2% |
| 2023-24 | 75.6% | 73.2% |
% 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
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% 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 17 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 Wilson Wims Elementary School
Wilson Wims Elementary School's state test result (79.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Wims Elementary School this school | 484 | 19.0% | 79.9% |
| Clarksville Elementary Clarksville | 543 | 17.7% | 74.9% |
| Fallsmead Elementary Rockville | 512 | 18.9% | 71.7% |
| Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary Germantown | 530 | 28.7% | 72.5% |
| Lakewood Elementary Rockville | 406 | 21.2% | 78.2% |
| Cabin Branch Elementary Clarksburg | 645 | 28.1% | 69.0% |
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 Wilson Wims Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #32 of 853 | #16 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #24 of 853 ▲ 39 | #11 of 131 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.7% | #6 of 853 ▲ 71 | #3 of 131 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #412 of 898 | #80 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #423 of 857 | #93 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #29 of 857 | #17 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.0% | #803 of 885 | #114 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -59.9% | #2 of 551 | #1 of 97 |
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
484
-140 (-22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 484 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 19% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 38.7 | 13.5:1 | 17% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 38.2 | 14.7:1 | 19% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 1,207 | 62.9 | 19.2:1 | 9% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 921 | 47 | 19.6:1 | 11% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Wims Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 60% (1,207 to 484); teachers down 44% (62.9 to 35).
About Wilson Wims Elementary School
Wilson Wims Elementary School is one of the public schools in Clarksburg, Maryland. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 484 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Within Montgomery County Public Schools, Wilson Wims Elementary School is one of 208 schools. The district enrolls 159,181 students.
At Wilson Wims Elementary School, Asian students make up the biggest share, 37%. Other students are 23% Black, 19% White, 14% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 15% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 75, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Wilson Wims Elementary School totals 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is similar, at 13.8:1. Federal data show 19% of students (92) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Montgomery County report 40%.
Wilson Wims Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of Maryland public elementary schools.
A school in Maryland with Wilson Wims Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 63.0%. Wilson Wims Elementary School scores 79.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that median household income comes to about $132,450, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 211, with about 159,181 students.
Clarksburg High is the nearest public school to Wilson Wims Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Wilson Wims Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 61.3% proficiency; Wilson Wims Elementary School posts 79.9%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 22% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.8:1, from 15.6:1.
The allk12 page for Wilson Wims Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Clarksburg
- Clarksburg HighHigh · 2,241 students
- Rocky Hill MiddleMiddle · 1,010 students
- Hallie Wells MiddleMiddle · 931 students
- Cabin Branch ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- Little Bennett ElementaryElementary · 614 students
- Snowden Farm ElementaryElementary · 578 students
Nearby schools
- Clarksburg High0.8 mi · 2,241
- Snowden Farm Elementary0.9 mi · 578
- Little Bennett Elementary1.0 mi · 614
- Rocky Hill Middle1.0 mi · 1,010
- Clarksburg Elementary1.1 mi · 365
- Hallie Wells Middle1.2 mi · 931
Frequently asked questions
About Wilson Wims Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilson Wims Elementary School?
Wilson Wims Elementary School enrolls approximately 484 students in grades PK-05.
Is Wilson Wims Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilson Wims Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wilson Wims Elementary School have?
Wilson Wims Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is Wilson Wims Elementary School?
Wilson Wims Elementary School reports a student body of 19% White, 14% Hispanic, 23% Black, 37% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Wims Elementary School?
Wilson Wims Elementary School is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.