📍 10830 Eastwood Ave, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 20901
Forest Knolls Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Silver Spring, Montgomery County. The school has 494 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Forest Knolls Elementary enrolls 494 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% Hispanic or Latino, 33% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 192 | 39% |
| White | 161 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 80 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 6.7% |
| Asian | 26 | 5.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
198 of the school's 494 students (40%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 176 qualify for free lunch and 22 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.
Forest Knolls 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.
Forest Knolls 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 494 students, Forest Knolls 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
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