Summary:
The city of Cheverly, Maryland has only one public school, Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district and has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three school years, currently ranking 653 out of 865 Maryland elementary schools.
Gladys Noon Spellman Elementary faces several challenges. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 32.7% is significantly higher than the state average, and its test scores in Mathematics and English Language Arts are consistently lower than the district and state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 18.8% of students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 26.5% statewide. Additionally, a high percentage (85.51%) of the school's students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.
Despite the school's academic underperformance, it is spending more per student ($19,280) than the state average. This raises questions about the effective allocation of resources and the need to ensure that funding is being used in the most impactful way to support student learning and achievement. The school's student-teacher ratio of 15.5 is slightly lower than the state average, but this alone does not appear to be enough to overcome the challenges facing the school.
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