Galway Elementary Primary School
12612 Galway Dr
Silver Spring MD, 20904, Montgomery County
Phone: 301-595-2930
Ranking: 
(919 out of 1,096, bottom 16%)*
(919 out of 1,096, bottom 16%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Montgomery County Public Schools
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 53 | 52 | 52 | |||
| Total Students: | 766 | 744 | 691 | |||
| Prekindergarten: | 44 | 5.7% | 39 | 5.2% | 37 | 5.4% |
| Kindergarten: | 126 | 16.4% | 134 | 18.0% | 110 | 15.9% |
| Grade 1: | 129 | 16.8% | 113 | 15.2% | 96 | 13.9% |
| Grade 2: | 107 | 14.0% | 100 | 13.4% | 117 | 16.9% |
| Grade 3: | 109 | 14.2% | 122 | 16.4% | 120 | 17.4% |
| Grade 4: | 128 | 16.7% | 122 | 16.4% | 110 | 15.9% |
| Grade 5: | 123 | 16.1% | 114 | 15.3% | 101 | 14.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 394 | 51.4% | 382 | 51.3% | 362 | 52.4% |
| Female: | 364 | 47.5% | 354 | 47.6% | 325 | 47.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander: | 114 | 14.9% | 112 | 15.1% | 117 | 16.9% |
| Hispanic: | 145 | 18.9% | 128 | 17.2% | 127 | 18.4% |
| Black | 459 | 59.9% | 441 | 59.3% | 379 | 54.8% |
| White: | 47 | 6.1% | 62 | 8.3% | 67 | 9.7% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 283 | 36.9% | 267 | 35.9% | 212 | 30.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 108 | 14.1% | 92 | 12.4% | 107 | 15.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.59 | 14.40 | 13.30 | |||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MSA | ||||||
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 79.4% | 72.2% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 83.0% | 76.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 84.1% | 79.1% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 84% | 78.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 85.6% | 82.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 87.2% | 84.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 88.2% | 86.0% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.0% | 88.9% | 86.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 90.2% | 87.7% |
| 2004 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 77.6% | 71.0% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78% | 79.2% | 75.8% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 80.6% | 78.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 84.9% | 80.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 86.4% | 83.0% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 89.0% | 84.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 87.4% | 84.0% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 89.3% | 85.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 88.8% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 80.0% | 69.6% |
| 2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 83.5% | 76.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 86.6% | 82.1% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 88.5% | 86% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 90% | 88.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 91.1% | 89.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 91.0% | 90.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 91.1% | 90.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 91.2% | 89.8% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 81.8% | 75.1% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.0% | 86.4% | 81.0% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 86.6% | 81.8% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 90.3% | 86.0% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.6% | 92% | 88.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 90.6% | 86.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 91.1% | 87.4% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 92.0% | 88.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 93.0% | 89.8% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 73.5% | 63.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 78.5% | 69.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 80.8% | 73.4% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77% | 84.1% | 78.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 86.3% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 85.5% | 81.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 85.9% | 83.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.0% | 86.2% | 82.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 87.6% | 85.3% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 76.1% | 68.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 79.8% | 74.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 82.8% | 76.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 70% | 83.4% | 76.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 91.2% | 86.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 93.1% | 89.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 93.0% | 89.4% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 94.2% | 90.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 93.5% | 90.0% |
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* Galway Elementary Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.