📍 6701 97th Ave, Lanham, Prince George's County, 20706
Gaywood Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lanham, Prince George's County. The school has 497 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 9% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gaywood Elementary enrolls 497 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% Hispanic or Latino, 22% Black or African American and 2.2% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 358 | 72% |
| Black or African American | 108 | 22% |
| Asian | 11 | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2% |
| White | 9 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
449 of the school's 497 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 396 qualify for free lunch and 53 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.
Gaywood 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 22, state house district 22.
Gaywood 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 497 students, Gaywood Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 664 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large