Elementary · Maryland

Whetstone Elementary

Free meals for all

Whetstone Elementary, a public elementary school in Gaithersburg, Maryland: grades pre-k–5, 711 students, 12.3 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: 711
Teachers (FTE): 57.8
Students per teacher: 12.3
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 13.9 · 884 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 90% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 473 · 886 schools compared

Larger than 90% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Montgomery County Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Montgomery County Public Schools.

Location

Address: 19201 Thomas Farm Rd, Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Phone: (240)740-1060
City or town: Montgomery Village
County: Montgomery County

Website Quality of life in Montgomery Village Schools in Montgomery Village

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Stedwick ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	492	11.7	0.8 mi
Watkins Mill ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	734	11.3	0.8 mi
Strawberry Knoll ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	448	10.7	0.9 mi
South Lake ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	746	12.1	1.1 mi
Flower Hill ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	454	11.5	1.6 mi
Goshen Elementary	Pre-K–5	494	13.4	1.8 mi

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).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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