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Forest Heights Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 6360 Oxon Hill Rd, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, 20745

258
Pupils
11.9
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Forest Heights Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oxon Hill, Prince George's County. The school has 258 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Prince George's County Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Forest Heights Elementary enrolls 258 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.

Male students
126 (49%)
Female students
132 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
21.7
Student-teacher ratio
11.9:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Hispanic or Latino, 43% Black or African American and 1.6% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino13954%
Black or African American11243%
White41.6%
Asian1<1%
Two or more races1<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

223 of the school's 258 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 209 qualify for free lunch and 14 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.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“6Title I

Forest Heights Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 26, state house district 26.

School district: Prince George's County Public Schools

Forest Heights Elementary is one of 199 schools in Prince George's County Public Schools, based in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The district serves 132,123 students district-wide and employs 9,027 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 258 students, Forest Heights Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 664 students per school.

132,123
District students
199
Schools
9,027
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

12%
Reading proficient
18%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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