College Gardens Elementary

College Gardens Elementary serves 506 students across prekindergarten through fifth grade in Rockville, Maryland. It operates as a regular public school with a 14.9-to-1 student-teacher ratio — a class size that keeps instruction personal at every level from pre-K through fifth grade. The school earns a composite score of 9.3 out of 10, an Exceptional rating built on a 9.3 academic score and a 9.5 growth score.

That growth figure carries particular weight: it captures year-over-year student progress independent of starting point, making it a reliable indicator of consistent teaching quality. Ranking #29 out of 1,363 public schools in Maryland, College Gardens outperforms 98% of schools statewide — a result that holds whether the comparison is limited to elementary schools or extended to all grade levels. Within Rockville, the school stands at #3 of 32 public schools.

For families with children in the early grades, that local rank combined with the state-level standing marks College Gardens as one of the city's most competitive elementary options. Parents comparing schools in the area will find few that match this combination of academic strength and student growth at the elementary level.