📍 12700 Brooke Ln, Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, 20772
Barack Obama Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County. The school has 746 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 16% of students are proficient in reading. 4% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Barack Obama Elementary enrolls 746 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Black or African American, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 669 | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 46 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 1.7% |
| White | 9 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
426 of the school's 746 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 389 qualify for free lunch and 37 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.
Barack Obama Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-50, state senate district 25, state house district 25.
Barack Obama 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 746 students, Barack Obama Elementary is close to 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: Rural - Fringe
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