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Greenwood Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
64th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 865 Maryland Elementary Schools
Better than 93% of Maryland elementary schools
Summary

Greenwood Elementary is a public elementary school located in Brookeville, Maryland, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 543 students. The school is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools district, which is ranked 8th out of 25 districts in Maryland and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Greenwood Elementary consistently ranks among the top 10-15% of Maryland elementary schools, with a ranking between 62-103 out of 859-865 schools in recent years. The school's students perform significantly better than the state and district averages in both Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) assessments. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 66.4% of Greenwood students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 35.7% for the district and 26.5% for the state. Greenwood's ELA proficiency rates are also impressive, with 75.7% of students proficient or better, compared to 57% for the district and 50.8% for the state.

Greenwood Elementary outperforms most of the nearby schools, such as Judith A. Resnik Elementary, Mill Creek Towne Elementary, and Laytonsville Elementary, in academic metrics. The school also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 15.6, compared to the district average of 12.3 and the state average of 13.6. Greenwood Elementary's consistent high performance and effective teaching practices contribute to its success as a top-performing elementary school in the region.

534
Students ?
15.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,394
Per pupil spending ?
12%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3336 Gold Mine Rd
       Brookeville, MD  20833-2713

(240) 740-3420

District: Montgomery County Public Schools


Students who attend Greenwood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Rosa M. Parks Middle
High:    Sherwood High
Racial breakdown:

White:
60.9%
Hispanic:
12.2%
African American:
11.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 87th percentile in 2015 → 93rd in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the Maryland average (68% vs 38% meeting standards)
Ranks in the top 7% of Maryland elementary schools
Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school68%
District avg46%
Maryland avg38%
64th of 865
Maryland public elementary schools ?
Top 7%▲ up 5 pts since 2015
From top 13% (2015) to top 7% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
22nd of 131Elementary Schools in the Montgomery County Public Schools
8th of 25Montgomery County Public Schools among Maryland districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202592.664 of 86592.6%★★★★★
202491.762 of 85992.8%★★★★★
202391.270 of 85591.8%★★★★★
202288.2103 of 86288.1%★★★★☆
202183.6104 of 80287.0%★★★★☆
201989.484 of 85390.2%★★★★★
201882.6145 of 85783.1%★★★★☆
201787.7111 of 84786.9%★★★★☆
201684.1143 of 84583.1%★★★★☆
201587.9108 of 85987.4%★★★★☆
201477.4186 of 86778.5%★★★★☆
201376.7171 of 84779.8%★★★★☆
201280.5108 of 85787.4%★★★★☆
201181.0103 of 85387.9%★★★★☆
201070.2269 of 85568.5%★★★☆☆
200972.5252 of 85070.4%★★★★☆
200871.6252 of 83869.9%★★★★☆
200722.7673 of 81817.7%★☆☆☆☆
200625.4640 of 80420.4%★☆☆☆☆
200517.4698 of 80513.3%★☆☆☆☆
20046.2751 of 8036.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202175.4139 of 79682.5%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202179.435 of 34789.9%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202185.086 of 78889.1%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202171.8130 of 52875.4%★★★★☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Hispanic (2021)90th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2021)89th percentile~ school
Female (2021)83rd percentile-4 vs school
White (2021)75th percentile-12 vs school
By subject vs Maryland (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts76%+25 vs state
Mathematics66%+40 vs state
Science46%+20 vs state

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Students who attend Greenwood Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Rosa M. Parks Middle
High : Sherwood High

Yes. Greenwood Elementary ranks in the top 7.4% of Maryland elementary schools.

Students at Greenwood Elementary are 61% White, 12% Hispanic, 12% African American, 8% Two or more races, 6% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 534 students attended Greenwood Elementary.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland State Department of Education.

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