Elementary · Maryland
Westover Elementary
Westover Elementary, a public elementary school in Silver Spring, Maryland: grades pre-k–5, 294 students, 12.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 294
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.5
- Students per teacher
- 12.0
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in Maryland
Median 13.9 · 884 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 85% of elementary schools in Maryland
Median 473 · 886 schools compared
Smaller than 74% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maryland's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Maryland: 49%69%proficient
−3.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 84% of elementary schools in Maryland
Median 46% · 858 elementary schools compared
131 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Maryland: 28%55%proficient
+1.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 82% of elementary schools in Maryland
Median 30% · 857 elementary schools compared
132 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Montgomery County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 401 Hawkesbury Ln, Silver Spring, MD 20904
- Phone
- (240)740-5740
- City or town
- Colesville
- County
- Montgomery County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cannon Road ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 388 | 10.0 | 36% | 24% |
| Pre-K–5 | 679 | 11.8 | 37% | 29% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 565 | 14.0 | 55% | 44% | |
| Pre-K–5 | 620 | 14.3 | 60% | 47% | |
Jackson Road ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 623 | 11.3 | 32% | 29% |
| Pre-K–5 | 485 | 11.9 | 65% | 56% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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