The top reported proficiency rate is 86% in English language arts. The lowest is 56% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Beverly Farms Elementary
Beverly Farms Elementary is a regular public school in Potomac, Maryland, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It is part of Montgomery County Public Schools, a large district that has adopted a new elementary literacy curriculum in recent years and continues to conduct boundary studies as part of its long-term facilities planning; a family moving into the area may want to ask whether their address is affected by any ongoing boundary review.
The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly white, with a substantial Asian population and smaller shares of students who are two or more races, Hispanic, and Black. A very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a common pattern in this part of Montgomery County. The community of Potomac is a primarily residential, affluent suburb of Washington, D.C., where most residents commute to D.C. or Northern Virginia for work. Housing is expensive, with home values well above national and state medians; rents are high as well. The built environment is car-dependent, with a small commercial cluster at Potomac Village and schools scattered on separate campuses. The population has been growing modestly, and the area is largely built out, with development mostly limited to infill and redevelopment.
On state assessments, Beverly Farms students performed at high levels in English language arts across third, fourth, and fifth grades, with strong proficiency rates. Mathematics results were solid but slightly lower, especially in fifth grade, where proficiency was still above what many schools report. Fifth-grade science results were more moderate, with about half of students scoring proficient or above. A parent might want to inquire with the school about how science instruction is supported, given the gap relative to reading and math. Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no high school graduation rate to report.
One important gap in the available data is that there is no information on the share of students receiving special education services or those classified as English learners. The data also do not include discipline rates, staffing ratios, or chronic absenteeism figures, so it is not possible to speak to those dimensions of the school environment. A family with a child who has an Individualized Education Program or who is an English learner may want to contact the school directly to understand how those populations are supported.
Because the comparison universe of Montgomery County school districts contained only one entity at the school level, it was not possible to position Beverly Farms relative to its neighbors on proficiency or other metrics. However, the school's test results, particularly in reading, place it among the higher-performing elementary schools in the state. The overall picture is of an elementary school in a high-cost, well-resourced suburban community, where academic performance is strong in literacy and solid in math, with science as a relative area where a parent may want to ask more questions. The peer environment reflects the broader Potomac community, and the school's size is modest for its grade band. For a family that values strong reading outcomes and is comfortable with the housing costs and commuter lifestyle of the area, Beverly Farms Elementary fits as a straightforward neighborhood public school option within a large county system.
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