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Prince George's County Public Schools
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 27 towns
Serves Bowie, College Park, Laurel, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, New Carrollton, Bladensburg, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, Glenarden, Cheverly, District Heights, Seat Pleasant, Capitol Heights, Brentwood, Berwyn Heights, University Park, Forest Heights, Landover Hills, Colmar Manor, Fairmount Heights, Edmonston, Cottage City, Morningside, Upper Marlboro, North Brentwood and Eagle Harbor.
Students
132,123
Schools
199
Spent per student
$21,592
MD $20,258
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
79%
Debt
$695.7M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Prince George's County Public Schools
- School Grade D: better than 8% of Maryland districts
- Math proficiency 11 pts below the state
- Reading / language arts 12 pts below the state
- Graduation rate (4-year) 11 pts below the state
- Spends 7% more per student than the MD average
- 15 students per teacher
- Debt of $695.7M, about $5,266 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Bowie.
PK–58 elementary schoolsThis district
59 elementary schoolsThis district
6–82 middle schoolsThis district
9–12Bowie HighThis district
Test scores vs. MD
2020–21Math proficiency8%
State average 19.2%
Reading / language arts24%
State average 35.5%
Graduation rate (4-year)76%
State average 86.7%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$21,592 per student · 7% above MD
Spending
Classroom instruction 60%Support & administration 37%Other 3%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 39%State 52%Federal 9%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
129,228’20
126,844’21
129,503’22
130,740’23
132,123’24
About steady.
Students
Black 50%Hispanic 41%White 4%Asian 3%Two or more races 1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
199 public schools.
Colin L Powell Academy
1,661 students16:1
Accokeek Academy
B1,445 students16:1
Beltsville Academy
C1,113 students14:1
Legends Public Charter School
C897 students23:1
Cherokee Lane Elementary
C−863 students14:1
Springhill Lake Elementary
D−804 students13:1
Calverton Elementary
D767 students13:1
Port Towns Elementary
D747 students13:1
Thomas G. Pullen
B−740 students14:1
Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem
D−734 students14:1
Glenridge Elementary
C−723 students14:1
Bladensburg Elementary
C713 students13:1
Langley Park-McCormick Elementary
D697 students13:1
Dora Kennedy French Immersion
A−684 students15:1
Vansville Elementary
C+677 students15:1
Templeton Elementary
D646 students12:1
Edward M. Felegy ES
D641 students10:1
Ridgecrest Elementary
C631 students13:1
Barack Obama Elementary
C−629 students16:1
James McHenry Elementary
D610 students13:1
Rosa L. Parks Elementary
D607 students12:1
Lake Arbor Elementary
C−593 students13:1
Scotchtown Hills Elementary
C589 students14:1
Northview Elementary
C−587 students13:1
Riverdale Elementary
D−586 students13:1
Thomas S. Stone Elementary
D580 students15:1
Montpelier Elementary
C−573 students15:1
Brandywine Elementary
C−572 students18:1
William Paca Elementary
D563 students14:1
Panorama Elementary
D554 students12:1
Carole Highlands Elementary
D544 students13:1
Benjamin D. Foulois Academy
B540 students13:1
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary
D540 students13:1
Carrollton Elementary
D539 students14:1
University Park Elementary
B+538 students13:1
Lewisdale Elementary
D−533 students12:1
Greenbelt Elementary
B−531 students12:1
Melwood Elementary
C531 students14:1
Perrywood Elementary
C529 students16:1
Gaywood Elementary
D525 students13:1
Waldon Woods Elementary
D523 students16:1
Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary
C518 students14:1
Rosaryville Elementary
D517 students13:1
Cora L. Rice Elementary
D−516 students12:1
Glenarden Woods Elementary
A516 students17:1
Suitland Elementary
D514 students15:1
Adelphi Elementary
C−505 students14:1
John Hanson Montessori
C+496 students14:1
Dodge Park Elementary
C494 students12:1
Glenn Dale Elementary
C−493 students12:1
Paint Branch Elementary
C488 students10:1
Whitehall Elementary
B+485 students15:1
Oaklands Elementary
D483 students12:1
Deerfield Run Elementary
D482 students14:1
Imagine Foundations at Leeland PCS
B−480 students15:1
Samuel P. Massie Academy
D477 students14:1
Tulip Grove Elementary
C+477 students16:1
Laurel Elementary
D472 students13:1
Ardmore Elementary
C−470 students12:1
Robert Goddard Montessori
B+464 students14:1
Bond Mill Elementary
B−463 students13:1
Lamont Elementary
D460 students12:1
Tayac Elementary
D459 students14:1
Andrew Jackson Academy
D458 students13:1
Cool Spring Elementary
D458 students12:1
Kingsford Elementary
C458 students15:1
Excel Academy Public Charter
C454 students17:1
Francis Scott Key Elementary
D−451 students13:1
Rogers Heights Elementary
C−450 students12:1
William W. Hall Academy
C−444 students11:1
Magnolia Elementary
C+442 students16:1
Barnaby Manor Elementary
D−438 students11:1
Catherine T. Reed Elementary
C−437 students11:1
Columbia Park Elementary
C−429 students14:1
William Beanes Elementary
D424 students14:1
Hyattsville Elementary
C−422 students13:1
Berwyn Heights Elementary
C421 students12:1
Pointer Ridge Elementary
C+416 students13:1
Kettering Elementary
D415 students15:1
Cooper Lane Elementary
C−407 students12:1
Woodmore Elementary
C+402 students14:1
Yorktown Elementary
B−396 students16:1
High Bridge Elementary
C394 students16:1
Francis T. Evans Elementary
C+393 students17:1
Mattaponi Elementary
B−391 students15:1
Carmody Hills Elementary
D389 students13:1
Hillcrest Heights Elementary
D−388 students12:1
Arrowhead Elementary
D378 students13:1
Robert R. Gray Elementary
D375 students10:1
Allenwood Elementary
D371 students11:1
Imagine Lincoln PCS
C−371 students12:1
Flintstone Elementary
D367 students15:1
District Heights Elementary
D−365 students15:1
Seabrook Elementary
C−365 students14:1
Kenilworth Elementary
C−364 students12:1
Maya Angelou French Immersion
B−363 students11:1
Heather Hills Elementary
A361 students15:1
Judith P. Hoyer Montessori
B−361 students15:1
Imagine Foundations at Morningside PCS
C357 students13:1
Cesar Chavez Elementary
C+355 students13:1
Samuel Chase Elementary
D355 students14:1
Bradbury Heights Elementary
D−354 students11:1
Valley View Elementary
B−351 students13:1
Imagine Andrews Public Charter
C+347 students14:1
Beacon Heights Elementary
C−342 students11:1
John H. Bayne Elementary
D−339 students18:1
Phyllis E. Williams Elementary
B−326 students13:1
Fort Washington Forest Elem
C323 students14:1
Rockledge Elementary
C319 students14:1
Capitol Heights Elementary
B317 students10:1
Mt Rainier Elementary
C311 students12:1
Marlton Elementary
D309 students14:1
Chillum Elementary
D308 students11:1
James H. Harrison Elementary
C+304 students10:1
Avalon Elementary
D302 students14:1
James Ryder Randall Elementary
D299 students15:1
Woodridge Elementary
C−299 students12:1
Clinton Grove Elementary
D−295 students13:1
Doswell E. Brooks Elementary
D291 students10:1
Hollywood Elementary
D284 students12:1
Seat Pleasant Elementary
D284 students11:1
Patuxent Elementary
D281 students14:1
Apple Grove Elementary
C−277 students12:1
Fort Foote Elementary
C+277 students13:1
North Forestville Elementary
D271 students15:1
Princeton Elementary
D−269 students12:1
Glassmanor Elementary
D−261 students11:1
Robert Frost Elementary
D257 students12:1
Longfields Elementary
B−256 students11:1
Overlook Elementary
C255 students11:1
J. Frank Dent Elementary
D243 students13:1
Indian Queen Elementary
C+235 students12:1
Forest Heights Elementary
D215 students11:1
Oxon Hill Elementary
D215 students10:1
Highland Park Elementary
D210 students12:1
Baden Elementary
B−184 students14:1
Friendship Aspire Bowie Charter
140 students14:1
Howard B. Owens Science Center
0 students0:1
William Schmidt Environmental Center
0 students0:1
Hyattsville Middle
C1,305 students17:1
Greenbelt Middle
B−1,270 students15:1
Buck Lodge Middle
D1,200 students16:1
Thomas Johnson Middle
C+1,180 students16:1
William Wirt Middle
C−1,124 students16:1
Ellen Ochoa Middle
1,086 students20:1
Sonia Sotomayor Middle at Adelphi
1,077 students16:1
Benjamin Tasker Middle
B1,058 students15:1
Walker Mill Middle
B−1,054 students16:1
Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle
C1,047 students14:1
Drew-Freeman Middle
D1,022 students16:1
Kenmoor Middle
B1,021 students16:1
Nicholas Orem Middle
C1,007 students16:1
Charles Carroll Middle
C−884 students14:1
Kettering Middle
C+874 students10:1
Samuel Ogle Middle
B806 students16:1
James Madison Middle
C+800 students16:1
Oxon Hill Middle
C773 students13:1
Ernest Everett Just Middle
C+752 students14:1
Stephen Decatur Middle
C751 students14:1
Thurgood Marshall Middle
C707 students16:1
Gwynn Park Middle
C702 students18:1
Benjamin Stoddert Middle
C−628 students14:1
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
C+605 students14:1
G. James Gholson Middle
D603 students12:1
High Point High
A−3,012 students18:1
Charles Herbert Flowers High
A2,712 students20:1
Parkdale High
B+2,588 students17:1
Bowie High
A2,580 students19:1
Eleanor Roosevelt High
A+2,544 students19:1
Duval High
A−2,522 students18:1
Northwestern High
B2,396 students16:1
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High
B+2,291 students19:1
Laurel High
B2,129 students19:1
Bladensburg High
B2,114 students17:1
Suitland High
B−1,847 students16:1
Oxon Hill High
A1,562 students18:1
Potomac High
C+1,347 students15:1
Frederick Douglass High
B+1,183 students19:1
Largo High
B1,159 students15:1
Gwynn Park High
B+1,147 students17:1
Crossland High
B−1,094 students12:1
Fairmont Heights High
B+1,090 students16:1
Friendly High
B894 students15:1
Surrattsville High
C+875 students17:1
Central High
B754 students14:1
College Park Academy
B+682 students17:1
Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC
A+462 students18:1
International High School @ Langley Park
D368 students12:1
International High school @ Largo
D−354 students11:1
Chesapeake Math and IT Public Charter
B+1,681 students17:1
Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter
B1,503 students17:1
Frances R Fuchs E C C
364 students11:1
H Winship Wheatley E C C
345 students12:1
Kenmoor Early Childhood Center
240 students15:1
Chapel Forge E C C
230 students9:1
James Ryder Randall E C C
193 students12:1
C. Elizabeth Rieg
D148 students6:1
James E. Duckworth
D99 students6:1
Prekindergarten Offsites
15 students
Towns served
Bowie 57,926College Park 34,540Laurel 29,798Greenbelt 24,678Hyattsville 20,966New Carrollton 13,564Bladensburg 9,583Mount Rainier 8,245Riverdale Park 7,270Glenarden 6,344Cheverly 6,096District Heights 5,891Seat Pleasant 4,489Capitol Heights 4,020Brentwood 3,777Berwyn Heights 3,318University Park 2,698Forest Heights 2,642Landover Hills 2,031Colmar Manor 1,566Fairmount Heights 1,416Edmonston 1,307Cottage City 1,158Morningside 976Upper Marlboro 683North Brentwood 624Eagle Harbor 72
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.