The top reported proficiency rate is 34% in English language arts. The lowest is 14% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Lamont Elementary
Lamont Elementary is a regular public school in New Carrollton, Maryland, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system. It is a neighborhood school, not a charter or magnet, and it operates within a district that is large and undergoing its own set of changes. The school sits in a community that is a planned residential suburb from the 1950s, now in the middle of a transit-oriented revitalization effort centered on the nearby New Carrollton Metro station, which also serves MARC and Amtrak lines. The area is bounded by major highways, creating a fragmented walkability pattern, though the city promotes a commercial district near the station as walkable.
The student body is diverse, with a large share identifying as Hispanic and a substantial share as Black. A very high proportion of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The school serves early and elementary grades only, so there is no graduation rate to report.
In terms of academic performance, Lamont Elementary students take the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) for math and English language arts, and the Maryland Integrated Science Assessment (MISA) for science in fifth grade. On the most recent testing, proficiency rates in both math and English language arts across grades three through five were below the state average. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was below a third in all tested grades. In English language arts, performance was notably stronger in fourth grade, where more than two out of five students met the proficient standard, but proficiency in third and fifth grades was closer to a third. In fifth-grade science, the proficiency rate was lower. The data covers a single school year, so no trend from prior years is available to establish whether this reflects a stable pattern or a particular year's performance. The district recently adopted a new evidence-based literacy curriculum, which may affect future English language arts results, but its impact at this school is not yet measurable.
The district context includes a recently approved operating budget increase that directed money toward teacher salaries and student support services, and a boundary review that proposed changes for the following school year, which could affect which school a child in New Carrollton attends. These are factors a local parent would want to track.
Housing in the area is at a moderate price point relative to the broader region, and rental costs have seen a small dip recently. The unemployment rate at the national level has been steady, but localized economic data for New Carrollton itself was not available.
For a family considering Lamont Elementary, the picture is one of a school serving a high-needs population within a large district that is investing in literacy and teacher pay. The academic proficiency data is a soft spot that a parent may want to look into further with the school, particularly around what support structures are in place for students who are not yet at the proficient standard. The school's strengths are harder to gauge from this data alone; the community's ongoing revitalization and transit access are features of the town rather than the school itself. The school does not appear in the available data to offer specialized programs that would distinguish it from other elementary schools in the district. A parent would want to know more about class sizes, the specific reading and math interventions used, and the school's approach to serving its large population of students from low-income households before forming a full judgment.
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