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Garrett Park Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
4810 Oxford Street
Kensington, MD 20895
Phone
(240) 740-0700
District
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
670
Classroom Teachers
45

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maryland

10

(10 is best)

Better than 91.3% of all MD schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Garrett Park Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
41%
19%
48%
24%
33%
15%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
22%
44%
23%
45%
21%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

50 40 30 20 10 0
43%
24%
40%
25%
46%
23%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 103 15.4%
Grade 1 111 16.6%
Grade 2 119 17.8%
Grade 3 109 16.3%
Grade 4 112 16.7%
Grade 5 116 17.3%
Total 670 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 43.3% 26.6% 36.1%
Black 13.9% 23.1% 34.6%
Hispanic 26.1% 35.2% 21.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 16.2% 14.8% 7.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 17.8% 39.1% 41.9%
Free lunch eligible 14.3% 32.4% 38.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.4% 6.7% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,057,201 6,164,660
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,085.1 629
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.1% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.4% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.8% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.1% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 15.6% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 383,308 2,318,124
Single Parent Households With Children 7.1% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.2% 91.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 59.8% 42.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 38.4% 30.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.9% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.1% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.9% 13.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.8% 10.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.0% 7.3%
$15,000 or less 5.0% 6.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,703 $1,768,852,701 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $712 $117,670,104 3.6%
Staff $1,179 $194,849,793 6.0%
General Administration $125 $20,658,375 0.6%
School Administration $1,159 $191,544,453 5.9%
Operation $1,306 $215,838,702 6.6%
Transportation $787 $130,065,129 4.0%
Other $369 $60,983,523 1.9%
Total Support $5,638 $931,775,346 28.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,396 $561,246,732 17.2%
Total Expenditures $19,736 $3,261,709,512 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,089 $8,893,760,913 54.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $782 $689,472,554 4.2%
Staff $887 $781,921,411 4.8%
General Administration $119 $104,696,346 0.6%
School Administration $1,008 $888,778,182 5.4%
Operation $1,423 $1,254,791,912 7.7%
Transportation $813 $716,690,511 4.4%
Other $430 $378,963,684 2.3%
Total Support $5,463 $4,815,319,623 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,976 $2,622,936,455 16.1%
Total Expenditures $18,527 $16,331,910,990 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%