The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in Math. The lowest is 35% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Cloverly Elementary
Cloverly Elementary is a regular public school in Silver Spring serving prekindergarten through fifth grade, part of the Montgomery County Public Schools district. The school sits in a suburban pocket of eastern Montgomery County, a community that is part of the broader Silver Spring area, an unincorporated edge city bordering Washington, D.C. Silver Spring is dense and diverse, with a significant foreign-born population and a downtown core that has seen substantial redevelopment over the past two decades, including mixed-use buildings, a transit center, and cultural anchors like the AFI Silver Theatre. The area is well connected by Metro, MARC, and bus service, with the Purple Line light rail under construction. Housing in the zip code that serves Cloverly is expensive, with home values well above national and state benchmarks, and rents are correspondingly high. The typical mortgage payment on a median-priced home in the area would consume a considerable share of a typical household’s income, and monthly rent is also steep. This is an affluent corner of an already costly metropolitan region.
The student body at Cloverly is diverse. Hispanic students make up the largest share, followed by Black and White students, with a notable Asian population and a smaller share of students who identify as two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, meaning the school serves a mix of economic backgrounds. The school is not a charter or magnet, and it does not have Title I status in the available data. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not provided.
Academically, Cloverly’s state test results present a mixed picture that varies by grade and subject. In math, proficiency rates on the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program decline as students move up in grade. The strongest performance is in third grade, where a majority of students scored proficient or above. By fourth grade, about half of students met that bar, and by fifth grade the rate dropped to about three in ten. In English language arts, the pattern is similar but less steep. Fourth graders had the highest proficiency rate, at half of students, while third graders were close behind. Fifth graders in ELA again posted a lower rate, with roughly a third of students proficient. On the fifth-grade science assessment, about a third of students scored proficient or above. With only a single year of data, it is not possible to determine a trend. A parent may want to ask the school about supports for older elementary students, particularly in math, where the grade-level slide is noticeable.
Cloverly is a standard elementary school, so there are no graduation rates, advanced coursework, or career pathways to report. The comparison tool was unable to position Cloverly against other schools in Montgomery County because the cohort was too small, so no relative academic standing is available from that source. The district, Montgomery County Public Schools, is a large system that adopted a new elementary literacy curriculum in recent years and has an operating budget that accounts for a major portion of the county’s spending. The district is also conducting boundary studies that could eventually affect attendance zones. Those are factors for a family to monitor if they are choosing a home based on school assignment.
For a family considering Cloverly, the school offers a diverse student body in a high-cost, transit-connected part of the Washington region. The academic results are mixed, with a clear drop-off in math proficiency by fifth grade that warrants a closer look. The school serves only elementary grades, so the middle and high school options that follow are determined by the district’s feeder pattern, which could be subject to change. This is a school that fits a family comfortable with the area’s housing costs and looking for a neighborhood elementary school in a diverse suburban setting, but one where the academic numbers, especially in upper elementary, are not uniformly strong.
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