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Clinton Grove Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

737^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 865 Maryland Elementary Schools

Better than 15% of Maryland elementary schools

Summary

Clinton Grove Elementary is a public elementary school in Clinton, Maryland, serving 299 students in grades PK-5. 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.

Clinton Grove Elementary faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 31.5% to 44.8% over the past few years, which is much higher than the state average. Academically, the school's performance on MCAP 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 9.3% of students at Clinton Grove Elementary were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 26.5% at the state level and 13.1% in the district. The school's performance in English Language Arts is slightly better, with 25.2% of students proficient or better, but still lags behind the state (50.8%) and district (38.3%) averages.

The challenges faced by Clinton Grove Elementary are not unique, as the nearby Allenwood Elementary, Apple Grove Elementary, and James Ryder Randall Elementary also struggle with low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism rates. This suggests that the issues may be systemic within the Prince George's County Public Schools district. Despite the relatively high per-student spending at Clinton Grove Elementary, ranging from $21,622 to $22,593 over the past few years, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Maryland elementary schools for the past several years, with no significant improvement in its performance or ranking.

295

Students ?

12.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,744

Per pupil spending ?

87.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9420 Temple Hill Rd
Clinton, MD 20735-4433

(301) 599-2414

District: Prince George's County Public Schools

Students who attend Clinton Grove Elementary usually attend:

High:

Surrattsville High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

50.5%

Hispanic:

35.6%

White:

9.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 5th percentile in 2014 → 15th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2014

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Maryland average (16% vs 38% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!English Language Arts scores 26 pts below the Maryland average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school16%

District avg25%

Maryland avg38%

737^th of 865

Maryland public elementary schools ?

Bottom 15%▲ up 12 pts since 2015

From bottom 3% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

95^th of 136Elementary Schools in the Prince George's County Public Schools

22^nd 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2025	16.5	737 of 865	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.1	651 of 859	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.4	605 of 855	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.5	761 of 862	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.1	807 of 853	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.4	810 of 857	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.4	774 of 847	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.0	821 of 845	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	9.0	836 of 859	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	4.7	826 of 867	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	1.5	841 of 847	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	2.2	839 of 857	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	1.9	844 of 853	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	3.2	848 of 855	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	7.3	829 of 850	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	10.3	805 of 838	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	85.3	68 of 818	91.7%	★★★★★
2006	87.3	47 of 804	94.2%	★★★★★
2005	86.4	70 of 805	91.3%	★★★★★
2004	83.4	86 of 803	89.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	9.8	780 of 796	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	20.8	517 of 546	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	9.0	781 of 788	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)5th percentile

Female (2021)2nd percentile

Male (2021)1st percentile

By subject vs Maryland (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts25%-26 vs state

Science10%-16 vs state

Mathematics9%-17 vs state

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What people are saying

by a teacher on FaceBook
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

This school is an absolute disaster. Its ranked 150/150 in Prince George's County Public Schools. Its also ranked 832/850 Elementary Schools in the State of Maryland. The school was failing, but in 2012-2013 the county put in a crazy new principal. Don't believe me? Well over half the teachers left, paras left, custodial staff left in January, guidance consoluers left, all 3 secretaries left, other adminstrative staff left, and even some kitchen staff left. She disbanded the PTA her first year in. She has a horrible personality and the teachers either fear her or hate her. The kids have no discipline at all. They rule the day, substitute teachers know they can find a job at this school. I'm waiting for the county to move her to another school. Oh wait PGCPS gives promotions to horrible principals then wonder why outside of Baltimore City Public Schools they are dead last in everything. Glad I got out of this building, and I no longer teach. In short if this is your zoned school do what you have to do to ensure your children don't attend here. This year they had cases of Kindergarten students being left unattended at their house after school, or getting put on the wrong bus Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAP Mathematics (2025)							MCAP English Language Arts (2025)							MCAP Science (2025)		MCAP Social Studies (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 6th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 8th 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 6th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts All Grades	MCAP Science 5th Grade	MCAP Science 8th Grade	MCAP Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Clinton Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9420 Temple Hill Rd	Clinton	20735	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(301) 599-2414	295	23	12.9	87.8%	28 (9.5%)	149 (50.5%)	105 (35.6%)	7 (2.4%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	16.5	737^th of 865 public elementary schools	14.8%		20.1	651^st of 859 public elementary schools	24.2%	86	9.5	2.2	17.1				9.3	23.8	20.0	32.5				25.2	9.8			$21,744	$1,693	$20,051
Waldon Woods Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10301 Thrift Rd	Clinton	20735	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 599-2540	523	33	15.6	92.0%	8 (1.5%)	358 (68.5%)	131 (25.0%)	7 (1.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.9%)	17.7	721^st of 865 public elementary schools	16.6%		12.9	768^th of 859 public elementary schools	10.6%	47	27.0	13.3	1.9				13.7	37.0	21.6	22.2				26.9	4.7			$17,189	$993	$16,196
James Ryder Randall Elementary	Public	K-5	5410 Kirby Rd	Clinton	20735	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 449-4980	299	20	14.7	91.6%	5 (1.7%)	151 (50.5%)	128 (42.8%)	6 (2.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.7%)	24.4	620^th of 865 public elementary schools	28.3%		18.3	676^th of 859 public elementary schools	21.3%	56	20.8	16.7	7.7				15.1	28.3	48.1	31.4				36.1	6.0			$21,599	$1,652	$19,946
Tayac Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8600 Allentown Rd	Fort Washington	20744	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 449-4840	459	34	13.5	85.2%	15 (3.3%)	204 (44.4%)	222 (48.4%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	12.8	795^th of 865 public elementary schools	8.1%		14.6	732^nd of 859 public elementary schools	14.8%	63	15.4	5.9	5.1				9.4	18.9	23.8	21.1				21.1	10.0			$20,792	$1,783	$19,008
Avalon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7302 Webster Ln	Fort Washington	20744	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 449-4970	302	22	13.7	90.1%	11 (3.6%)	152 (50.3%)	126 (41.7%)	3 (1.0%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	22.3	659^th of 865 public elementary schools	23.8%		25.2	583^rd of 859 public elementary schools	32.1%	76	41.5	3.9	12.9				18.7	36.6	17.6	29.0				26.8	6.5			$25,260	$1,454	$23,807
Francis T. Evans Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6720 Old Alexandria Ferry Rd	Clinton	20735	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 599-2480	393	23	16.8	60.3%	51 (13.0%)	203 (51.7%)	113 (28.8%)	7 (1.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	36.9	503^rd of 865 public elementary schools	41.8%		35.5	486^th of 859 public elementary schools	43.4%	17	56.9	14.9	15.4				29.3	42.2	36.5	28.8				36.3	18.0			$18,232	$910	$17,323
Allenwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6300 Harley Ln	Temple Hills	20748	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 702-3930	371	34	10.8	87.9%	8 (2.2%)	158 (42.6%)	193 (52.0%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	18.9	701^st of 865 public elementary schools	19.0%		21.1	637^th of 859 public elementary schools	25.8%	64	20.0	6.7	5.6				11.6	36.5	35.6	25.5				32.5	3.5			$24,224	$1,888	$22,335
Apple Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7400 Bellefield Ave	Fort Washington	20744	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 449-4966	277	23	11.8	93.5%	7 (2.5%)	113 (40.8%)	145 (52.3%)	5 (1.8%)	3 (1.1%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	24.8	612^th of 865 public elementary schools	29.2%		18.5	673^rd of 859 public elementary schools	21.7%	61	31.6	1.7	7.7				11.6	36.8	33.9	38.5				36.3	11.5			$20,943	$1,334	$19,608
Imagine Andrews Public Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	4701 San Antonio Blvd	Andrews Air Force Base	20762	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(301) 350-6002	347	26	13.6	28.8%	63 (18.2%)	212 (61.1%)	47 (13.5%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	14 (4.0%)	56.4	360^th of 865 public elementary schools	58.4%		44.6	421^st of 859 public elementary schools	51.0%	61	62.9	36.8	27.5	17.6	22.2	15.6	29.8	54.3	44.7	37.5	55.9	61.1	51.1	50.4	27.5	28.3	33.3	$22,247	$1,427	$20,820
Samuel Chase Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5700 Fisher Rd	Temple Hills	20748	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(301) 702-7660	355	25	14.0	89.3%	7 (2.0%)	182 (51.3%)	159 (44.8%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	13.9	776^th of 865 public elementary schools	10.3%		12.7	773^rd of 859 public elementary schools	10.0%	3	4.1	7.9	9.8				7.2	25.6	27.0	16.7				22.7	10.4			$23,147	$2,663	$20,485

Frequently Asked Questions about Clinton Grove Elementary

What district is Clinton Grove Elementary in?

Prince George's County Public Schools

Is Clinton Grove Elementary a good school?

Clinton Grove Elementary ranks in the bottom 14.8% of Maryland elementary schools.

How many students attend Clinton Grove Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 295 students attended Clinton Grove Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Clinton Grove Elementary attend?

Students who attend Clinton Grove Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Surrattsville High

What is the racial makeup of Clinton Grove Elementary?

Students at Clinton Grove Elementary are 51% African American, 36% Hispanic, 9% White, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian.

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