Best Public Schools in Glenarden, MD

Summary:

The city of Glenarden, Maryland has only one public school serving elementary students - Judge Sylvania W. Woods Senior Elementary. This school has seen a concerning decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from the 626th out of 855 Maryland elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 782nd out of 865 in 2024-2025, placing it in the bottom 10% of elementary schools in the state.

Judge Sylvania W. Woods Senior Elementary's academic performance, as measured by MCAP test scores, is significantly below state and Prince George's County Public Schools district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. In 2024-2025, only 6.7% of students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 26.5% statewide, and the school's English Language Arts proficiency rate of 24% was nearly half the state average of 50.8%. Additionally, the school had a high chronic absenteeism rate of 32.7% in the 2023-2024 school year, well above the state and district averages.

Despite the school's poor academic outcomes, its per-student spending of $22,047 in 2023-2024 was significantly higher than the state average, suggesting that additional resources are being directed to the school without commensurate improvements in student learning and achievement. Furthermore, a staggering 92.55% of students at Judge Sylvania W. Woods Senior Elementary were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population and the need for targeted interventions to address equity challenges.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAP Mathematics (2025)				MCAP English Language Arts (2025)				MCAP Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAP Mathematics All Grades	MCAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts All Grades	MCAP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Judge Sylvania W. Woods Senior Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3000 Church St	Glenarden	20706	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(301) 925-2840	540	43	12.5	94.1%	9 (1.7%)	185 (34.3%)	339 (62.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	13.6	782^nd of 865 public elementary schools	9.6%		16.5	699^th of 859 public elementary schools	18.6%	83	4.7	10.2	4.7	6.7	18.1	33.7	18.3	24.0	6.0	$22,047	$2,079	$19,969

Cities Near Glenarden

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lanham	0.37 mi	9	211^th
Seabrook	0.78 mi	3	83^rd
New Carrollton	1.18 mi	3	233^rd
Landover Hills	2.06 mi	2	242^nd
Springdale	2.07 mi	2	141^st

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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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