Columbia Park Elementary, Landover MD

Original Research by School Decision on Columbia Park Elementary

Columbia Park Elementary is a regular public school in the Prince George’s County Public Schools system, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade. It sits in Landover, an unincorporated suburban community in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Landover is largely auto-oriented, shaped by major highways and the Capital Beltway, though Metro stations on the Orange, Blue, and Silver lines provide transit access. The area is a mix of residential subdivisions, industrial parks, and commercial nodes, including the former Landover Mall site, which was demolished years ago and whose redevelopment remains an ongoing focus for county officials. Housing in the surrounding Zip code is moderately priced relative to the broader Washington region, and the local rental market reflects similar affordability. The community is diverse, and the school’s student body reflects that: the largest groups are students who identify as Hispanic and Black, with smaller shares of White, Asian, and Native American students.

Columbia Park serves just over 400 students across its grade span, a modest enrollment for an elementary school. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, indicating a high-poverty population. The school’s state assessment results from the most recent testing year show low levels of proficiency. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was below one in five across grades three through five, and in some grades it was even lower. In English language arts, proficiency rates were also low, though third graders performed somewhat better than fourth and fifth graders. Science proficiency in fifth grade was very low. These numbers represent a single year of data, so trend information is not available. A parent considering Columbia Park may want to speak with the school about its academic supports, intervention programs, and how it addresses the learning needs of its students.

As an elementary school, Columbia Park does not have a graduation rate, nor does it offer the kind of course pathways found in secondary schools. Because of limited comparison data, it is not possible to position this school against others in the county on proficiency or attendance measures; readers should rely on direct inquiries to the school and district for context. The district itself has recently adopted a system-wide literacy initiative aligned with the science of reading, and has also completed a boundary review to address overcrowding, changes that could affect which elementary school a child in the area attends. Landover is in a period of transition, with county development plans targeting the former mall site and the Morgan Boulevard corridor, though specifics remain in the planning stage. For families looking at Columbia Park, the school’s academic results and high-poverty context are central factors to weigh alongside the broader community’s suburban setting and ongoing change.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 318%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 421%

School 21% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 512%

School 12% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 333%

School 33% · district not reported

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 424%

School 24% · district not reported

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · district not reported

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grade 510%

School 10% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · even with county median

This schoolPrince George's County Public Schools, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income25%Higher-income47%22 pp gap