📍 10011 Glen Rd, Potomac, Montgomery County, 20854
Wayside Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Potomac, Montgomery County. The school has 442 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 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 58% of students are proficient in reading. 64% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wayside Elementary enrolls 442 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Asian, 38% White and 8.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Asian | 180 | 41% |
| White | 167 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 37 | 8.4% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 7.5% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 5.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
40 of the school's 442 students (9%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 35 qualify for free lunch and 5 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.
Wayside Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-80, state senate district 15, state house district 15.
Wayside 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 442 students, Wayside 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