The top reported proficiency rate is 16% in English language arts. The lowest is 11% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Templeton Elementary
Templeton Elementary serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Prince George's County Public Schools system. It is located in Landover, an unincorporated, auto-oriented suburban community in Prince George's County that is a mix of residential subdivisions, commercial zones, and industrial areas. The area is served by multiple Washington Metro lines and major highways, though it lacks a traditional downtown. Landover has seen commercial transitions, including the closure and demolition of the former Landover Mall, and county development plans are underway for the surrounding area. Major employers include Giant Food, Eight O'Clock Coffee, and the Washington Commanders organization at Northwest Stadium.
The school itself has an enrollment that is large for an elementary school, serving a student body that is predominantly Hispanic and Asian, with a smaller share of Black students and a modest number of White students. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating high levels of economic need. The school does not report data on special education or English learner populations, so those dimensions are not available here.
State assessment results are available from the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program for math, English language arts, and from the Maryland Integrated Science Assessment for science. Across all tested grades, the share of students scoring at the proficient level or above is low in every subject. In math, the figures are low across grades three, four, and five. In English language arts, they are also low, with a slightly higher share in fifth grade than in earlier grades. In science, the results for fifth grade are similarly low. Only one year of data is available, so there is no trend to report. Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate.
The district in which Templeton sits, Prince George's County Public Schools, has recently taken steps that parents should be aware of. It approved an operating budget increase directed toward teacher salaries and student support services. It implemented a district-wide literacy initiative in the 2023-2024 school year, adopting new evidence-based reading curriculum aligned with the science of reading, which affects how elementary students are taught. The district also conducted a boundary review in 2024 to address overcrowding and facility utilization, with potential changes for the 2025-2026 school year that could affect school assignments.
No data is available on chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing levels, or course access, so those aspects cannot be characterized. A comparison with other schools in the county was not possible due to the single entity in the comparison set, so there is no relative positioning.
For a parent considering Templeton Elementary, the profile is clear. This is a school with a large, economically diverse student body serving a community that is in transition. Academic performance on state assessments is notably low across every tested subject and grade. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what academic interventions and supports are in place, and how the district's literacy initiative is being implemented at the building level. The broader community is suburban and car-dependent but has multiple transit options. The housing market in the area, based on available data, shows home values and rents that are moderate relative to national benchmarks, though no specific figures are included here.
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