📍 13801 Rippling Brook Drive, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 20906
Bel Pre Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Silver Spring, Montgomery County. The school has 522 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a suburban setting. The school employs 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bel Pre Elementary enrolls 522 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Hispanic or Latino, 27% Black or African American and 6.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 303 | 58% |
| Black or African American | 143 | 27% |
| White | 32 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 25 | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
394 of the school's 522 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 361 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bel Pre Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-80, state senate district 19, state house district 19.
Bel Pre Elementary is one of 210 schools in Montgomery County Public Schools, based in Rockville, Maryland. The district serves 159,181 students district-wide and employs 11,578 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 522 students, Bel Pre Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 758 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large