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What do you wish you knew before starting at Wood Acres Elementary?
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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000958
Wood Acres Elementary
5800 Cromwell Drive, Bethesda, MD 20816 · (240) 740-1120 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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
16.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
44 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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
54%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
87.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
82.6%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.6% | 82.6% |
| 2023-24 | 83.8% | 89.1% |
% 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
85.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% 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 16 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 Wood Acres Elementary
Wood Acres Elementary's state test result (85.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Acres Elementary this school | 609 | 7.2% | 85.8% |
| Bushy Park Elementary Glenwood | 631 | 9.4% | 74.7% |
| Blue Heron Elementary New Market | 680 | 8.5% | 80.8% |
| Wyngate Elementary Bethesda | 640 | 3.4% | 84.8% |
| Kensington Parkwood Elementary Kensington | 535 | 12.1% | 74.0% |
| Greenwood Elementary Brookeville | 534 | 12.0% | 73.0% |
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 Wood Acres Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #7 of 853 | #3 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #16 of 853 ▼ 15 | #9 of 131 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #17 of 853 ▲ 10 | #7 of 131 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #200 of 898 | #35 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #751 of 857 | #124 of 136 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #467 of 857 | #117 of 136 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.2% | #878 of 885 | #132 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #350 of 551 | #60 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
609
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 609 | 36.9 | 16.5:1 | 7% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 36.4 | 16.8:1 | 7% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 34.4 | 17.6:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 37.7 | 17.9:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 33 | 20.0:1 | 3% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 733 | 40 | 18.3:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 23 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wood Acres Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (676 to 609); teachers down 2% (37.7 to 36.9).
About Wood Acres Elementary
Students in Bethesda, Maryland, attend Wood Acres Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 609 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Maryland is roughly 481 students; this school is 27% larger than that.
Wood Acres Elementary is run by Montgomery County Public Schools, whose 208 schools enroll 159,181 students.
By race and ethnicity, Wood Acres Elementary is 66% White. After that, the student body is 12% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 42% White. Wood Acres Elementary has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Wood Acres Elementary is 7%. Among public schools in Montgomery County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.
Wood Acres Elementary is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Wood Acres Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Maryland schools. It scores 85.8%; the prediction is 69.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Montgomery County show that median household income is about $132,450, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 61% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Wood Acres Elementary is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 159,181 students.
Of nearby public schools, Westland Middle is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 85.8% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 4%, from 583 to 609.
Discussions about Wood Acres Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
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- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Bethesda
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
- Walt Whitman HighHigh · 2,056 students
- Thomas W. Pyle MiddleMiddle · 1,259 students
- North Bethesda MiddleMiddle · 1,224 students
- Ashburton ElementaryElementary · 871 students
Nearby schools
- Westland Middle0.7 mi · 839
- Westbrook Elementary1.1 mi · 468
- Walt Whitman High1.1 mi · 2,056
- Bannockburn Elementary1.1 mi · 446
- Somerset Elementary1.4 mi · 314
- Thomas W. Pyle Middle1.6 mi · 1,259
Frequently asked questions
About Wood Acres ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wood Acres Elementary?
Wood Acres Elementary enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wood Acres Elementary serve?
Wood Acres Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Wood Acres Elementary have?
Wood Acres Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wood Acres Elementary?
At Wood Acres Elementary, the student body is approximately 66% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Wood Acres Elementary public or private?
Wood Acres Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.