📍 12612 Galway Dr, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, 20904
Galway Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Silver Spring, Montgomery County. The school has 733 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 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 19% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Galway Elementary enrolls 733 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Black or African American, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 7.4% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 420 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 214 | 29% |
| Asian | 54 | 7.4% |
| White | 25 | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
532 of the school's 733 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 478 qualify for free lunch and 54 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.
Galway 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-40, state senate district 14, state house district 14.
Galway 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 733 students, Galway Elementary is close to the district average of about 758 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large