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Hollywood Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
690th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 865 Maryland Elementary Schools
Better than 20% of Maryland elementary schools
Summary

Hollywood Elementary is a public elementary school located in College Park, Maryland, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 301 students. The school is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district, which is ranked 22 out of 25 in Maryland and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hollywood Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom half of Maryland elementary schools, with a ranking between 450 and 690 out of 865 schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on MCAP (Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program) tests is significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 14.1% of students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 26.5% statewide and 13.1% in the district. The school's performance is particularly low in Mathematics, with proficiency rates ranging from 10.6% in 3rd grade to 19.5% in 5th grade in 2024-2025. In English Language Arts, Hollywood Elementary's proficiency rates are also below the state and district averages, ranging from 22.9% in 3rd grade to 34.1% in 5th grade in 2024-2025.

The nearby schools in the Prince George's County Public Schools district, such as Mary Harris Mother Jones Elementary, Beltsville Academy, and Dora Kennedy French Immersion, generally perform better than Hollywood Elementary on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates in Mathematics and English Language Arts. Dora Kennedy French Immersion, a magnet school, stands out with significantly higher academic performance, with proficiency rates in the 70-80% range in many subject areas. The nearby schools also have lower chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 29.71% to 32.7%, compared to Hollywood Elementary's 30.3% to 34.8%.

284
Students ?
11.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$25,508
Per pupil spending ?
90.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 9811 49th Ave
       College Park, MD  20740-1431

(301) 513-5900

District: Prince George's County Public Schools


Students who attend Hollywood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Greenbelt Middle
High:    High Point High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
77.1%
African American:
9.5%
White:
7.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 32nd percentile in 2015 → 20th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Maryland average (20% vs 38% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school20%
District avg25%
Maryland avg38%
690th of 865
Maryland public elementary schools ?
Bottom 20%▼ down 11 pts since 2015
From bottom 32% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
79th of 136Elementary Schools in the Prince George's County Public Schools
22nd of 25Prince George's 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
202519.9690 of 86520.2%★☆☆☆☆
202431.1528 of 85938.5%★★☆☆☆
202325.2591 of 85530.9%★★☆☆☆
202222.8651 of 86224.5%★☆☆☆☆
202117.0672 of 80216.2%★☆☆☆☆
201923.4626 of 85326.6%★☆☆☆☆
201830.2563 of 85734.3%★★☆☆☆
201742.0450 of 84746.9%★★☆☆☆
201635.2525 of 84537.9%★★☆☆☆
201528.8588 of 85931.5%★★☆☆☆
201456.9439 of 86749.4%★★☆☆☆
201352.0444 of 84747.6%★★☆☆☆
201254.8446 of 85748.0%★★☆☆☆
201152.3461 of 85346.0%★★☆☆☆
201049.5509 of 85540.5%★★☆☆☆
200949.2500 of 85041.2%★★☆☆☆
200864.0332 of 83860.4%★★★☆☆
200752.1444 of 81845.7%★★☆☆☆
200654.2408 of 80449.3%★★☆☆☆
200567.6277 of 80565.6%★★★☆☆
200474.3208 of 80374.1%★★★★☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
20212.5127 of 1280.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202117.1683 of 79614.2%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202133.7218 of 34737.2%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202139.8314 of 54642.5%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202118.6654 of 78817.0%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Low Socio Economic Status (2021)42nd percentile+26 vs school
Hispanic (2021)37th percentile+21 vs school
Male (2021)17th percentile~ school
Female (2021)14th percentile~ school
Asian (2021)1st percentile-15 vs school
By subject vs Maryland (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts28%-23 vs state
Mathematics14%-12 vs state
Science10%-16 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 284 students attended Hollywood Elementary.

Students who attend Hollywood Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Greenbelt Middle
High : High Point High

Hollywood Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.2% of Maryland elementary schools.

Students at Hollywood Elementary are 77% Hispanic, 10% African American, 7% White, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.


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