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Pupil Yield Factors & Public School Clusters

School Year 2025-2026 Update

Abstract

Date June 2026

Title 2025–2026 Pupil Yield Factors & Public School Clusters Report

Author The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

Subject Pupil Yield Factors & Public School Clusters Report, Prince George’s County

Source of copies The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission 1616 McCormick Drive Largo, MD 20774

Series number 999262702

Number of pages 56

The Pupil Yield Factors and Public School Clusters Report updates the pupil yield factors that are used in the regulatory review of preliminary subdivision plans and for analyzing a proposed development’s impact on public school districts.

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

Artie L. Harris, Jr., Chair

Vacant,

Vice Chair

Officers

William Spencer, Acting Executive Director

Gavin Cohen, Secretary-Treasurer

Debra S. Borden, Esq., General Counsel

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is a bicounty agency, created by the General Assembly of Maryland in 1927. The Commission’s geographic authority extends to the great majority of Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties: the MarylandWashington Regional District (M-NCPPC planning jurisdiction) comprises 1,001 square miles, while the Metropolitan District (parks) comprises 919 square miles, in the two counties.

The Commission has three major functions:

• The preparation, adoption, and, from time to time, amendment or extension of the General Plan for the physical development of the Maryland-Washington Regional District.

• The acquisition, development, operation, and maintenance of a public park system.

• In Prince George’s County only, the operation of the entire county public recreation program.

The Commission operates in each county through a Planning Board appointed by and responsible to the County government. All local plans, recommendations on zoning amendments, administration of subdivision regulations, and general administration of parks are responsibilities of the Planning Boards.

The Prince George’s County Planning Department:

• Our mission is to help preserve, protect and manage the County’s resources by providing the highest quality planning services and growth management guidance, and by facilitating effective intergovernmental and citizen involvement through education and technical assistance.

• Our vision is to be a model planning department with responsive and respected staff who provide superior planning and technical services. Staff would also work cooperatively with decision makers, residents, and other agencies to continuously improve development quality and the environment as well as act as a catalyst for positive change.

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY PLANNING BOARD

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANNING BOARD

Vacant, Chair

Billy Okoye, Vice Chair

Manuel R. Geraldo, Esq., Brittany Jenkins Lori Matthews

Artie Harris, Chair Josh Linden, Vice Chair Shawn Bartley James Hedric Mitra Pedoeem

Prince George’s County

County

Aisha N. Braveboy, County Executive

Council

The County Council has three main responsibilities in the planning process: setting policy, plan approval, and plan implementation. Applicable policies are incorporated into area plans, functional plans, and the general plan. The Council, after holding a hearing on the plan adopted by the Planning Board, may approve the plan as adopted, approve the plan with amendments based on the public record, or disapprove the plan and return it to the Planning Board for revision. Implementation is primarily through adoption of the annual Capital Improvement Program, the annual Budget, the water and sewer plan, and adoption of zoning map amendments.

COUNCIL MEMBERS

Donna J. Brown, Clerk of the Council

Krystal Oriadha, Chair District 7

Eric C. Olson, Vice Chair District 3

Wala Blegay At-large

Jolene Ivey At-large

Thomas E. Dernoga District 1

Wanika B. Fisher District 2

Shayla Adams-Stafford District 5

Danielle Hunter District 6

Edward P. Burroughs III District 8

Sydney J. Harrison District 9

Timothy Adams District 4

Introduction

Additionally, each year, the Prince George’s County Public School System (PGCPS) provides the September 30th enrollment and state-rated capacity for individual schools. The school enrollment data for the past six school years are tabulated in Table 1.

The full-time equivalent enrollment, state-rated capacity, and utilization rate for the 2025-2026 school year for individual elementary, middle, and high schools in their associated school clusters are presented in accompanying tables and maps.

A cluster is a grouping of high schools. There are a total of six (6) clusters in the County’s public school system (Map 1). The detailed September 30th, 2025, enrollment, state- rated capacity, and utilization rates are displayed in

Appendix A

*: Adjusted for Half-Day Pre-Kindergarten. Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 1 . Student Enrollment, 2020 to 2025

Source: Prince George’s County Public School System.

Part I. Pupil Yield Factors

Definition in Subdivision Regulations

The term “pupil yield factor” is defined as: “The estimated number of elementary, middle, and high school students per housing unit, as determined by the Planning Director, from information provided by the Superintendent of the Prince George’s County Public Schools” (Prince George’s County’s Subdivision Regulations, Section 24-2300).

In Prince George’s County, the computation of pupil yield is a crucial part of the subdivision review process. The Planning Department staff reviews a proposed preliminary subdivision plan and multiplies the pupil yield factor by the number of housing units by type at various school levels. This calculation determines the projected number of elementary, middle, and high school students that would be generated by a proposed preliminary subdivision plan within its respective school districts.

The Planning Department’s pupil yield factors are used for development review purposes rather than for the County’s Public Schools enrollment projections. PGCPS updates enrollment projections yearly and includes them in the Annual Educational Facilities Master Plan, as required by the Maryland Department of Planning.

Methodology for Pupil Yield Calculation

Every year, PGCPS geocodes student addresses at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. To determine a proposed development’s impact on its respective elementary, middle, and high schools, the Planning Department derives the pupil yield factors by spatially joining geocoded student addresses with existing housing units by housing type in the Department’s PropertyInfo database using GIS software (ArcGIS Pro). PropertyInfo is based off on the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) data relating to property boundaries to represent land use and ownership information in the County.

By spatially joining geocoded student addresses to PropertyInfo, the Planning Department staff is able to account for a housing unit that may have more than one student in the same school or at different school levels. The total number of the housing units is then aggregated by housing type. The housing types include single-family detached, single-family attached (including townhouses), and multifamily.

Based on the geocoded student addresses from the September 30th, 2025 enrollment, the Planning Department staff calculates the 2025 pupil yield factors as presented in Table 2. The pupil yield factor is obtained using the following formula:

Source: Prince

George’s County Planning Department.

Table 2 . Pupil Yield Factors, 2025 TABLE 2 FORMULA

Table 3 presents hypothetical pupil yields by school type. This example demonstrates the method for calculating the number of students projected from a proposed 300-unit

TABLE 3 FORMULA

development consisting of 100 single family detached units, 100 single family attached units, and 100 multifamily housing units. The formula is expressed as follows:

Table 3 . Calculating Pupil Yields/Student Generation Rates, 2025

Source: Prince George’s County Planning Department.

Part II. Public School Clusters

Legislative Background

On October 23, 2018, Prince George’s County Council adopted CR-015-2018 (DR-3) and amendments were adopted in CR-0882021. The new Subdivision Regulations aim to streamline procedures and encourage appropriate input into the subdivision review process. The effective date of these Regulations was April 1, 2022. Under the general requirements of the Regulations, the Director of Prince George’s County Planning Department is given the responsibility to evaluate school capacity at the time when a preliminary subdivision plan is proposed.

Section 24-4510 - Schools Adequacy of the Adopted Subdivision Regulations retains the requirements for the adequacy determination to utilize the school clusters to gauge the impact of a proposed preliminary subdivision on public schools. “The number of students generated by the proposed subdivision at each stage of development will not exceed 105 percent of the state rated capacity, as adjusted by the School Regulations, of the affected elementary, middle, and high school clusters” (Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Regulations, & Landscape Manual (effective April 1, 2022). The utilization rate is expressed as the percentage of adjusted fulltime enrollment (or full-time equivalent) divided by the state rated capacity for the same school year.

The number of proposed housing units by housing type

Pupil yield factor by school type by housing type

Pupil yields (or students) generated by a proposed preliminary subdivision at all three levels of schools

Methodology for Cluster Updates

The school clusters are based on the PGCPS’ feeder system for the current school year. The feeder system is a matrix developed by the PGCPS staff. It is intended to provide students and parents with the flow of schools that a student will attend as they move from one type to the next (i.e., from an elementary to middle school, or from a middle to high school). This will allow groups of students to stay together as much as possible.

It is important to note that students from the same elementary school may transition to different middle schools. Similarly, students from the same middle school may move on to different high schools. This is a common occurrence in Prince George’s County and other counties in Maryland, such as neighboring Howard County.

To update the public school clusters, the Planning Department staff used the PGCPS School Year 2025-2026 feeder patterns, which include six groupings of high schools and their associated feeder middle and elementary schools (Map 1).

Enrollment and Capacity

This section displays the September 30th, 2025 adjusted full-time enrollment (“enrollment”), state-rated capacity, and utilization rate by school in each cluster. Four different types of tables are grouped together for each of the six clusters. The tables numbered 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, or 24 stipulate the feeder pattern of the high, middle, and elementary schools. The next three tables, associated with the preceding table, provide the aforementioned enrollment, capacity, and utilization rate for each elementary, middle, and high school in each cluster. Additionally, an academy includes pre-K or K through the 8th grade.

Not all public schools are included in these tables. Language immersion schools, art schools, gifted & talented schools, or regional schools that do not have neighborhood attendance areas are neither included in the calculation of cluster area utilizations nor in the PGCPS’ feeder system because these schools generally draw their enrollment from a wide geographic area.

In addition, in the 2025-2026 school year, there still is no state rated capacity for Adelphi Elementary School, Templeton Elementary School, or Woodmore Elementary School. The 2024-2025 Report provides detailed information on those three schools.

The replacement of Templeton Elementary School, a major initiative under Blueprint Schools Phase II1, is currently underway. The old school building has already been demolished, and the new facility is projected to be completed in 20272

Furthermore, Concord Elementary School and Rose Valley Elementary School were closed after the school year 2023 to 2024 and are no longer instructional facilities. Crossland High School is now a Career and Technical Education (CTE) Hub for the south county and no longer serves as a comprehensive high school. “Students will still have the option to attend Crossland but must apply to a Career and Technical program.”3

1 https://www.pgcps.org/offices/capital-programs/newsletters/templeton-elementary-town-hall-exciting-updates-onconstruction-and-design

2 https://www.pgcps.org/offices/capital-programs/projects/templeton

3 https://www.washingtoninformer.com/prince-georges-school-construction-safety/

Cluster Area 1

Table 4 . Cluster Area 1 Schools Feeder Pattern

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools

Table 6 Cluster Area 1 Middle Schools

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools

Table 7 . Cluster Area 1 High Schools

Cluster Area 2

Cluster Area 3

Table 12 . Cluster Area 3 Schools Feeder

Pattern

Table

12 . Cluster Area 3 Schools Feeder Pattern (continued)

S*: Pre-K or K through 8th.

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools. Academy: Pre-K or K through 8th.

Table 13 . Cluster Area 3 Elementary Schools

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 14 . Cluster Area 3 Middle Schools

Table 15 . Cluster Area 3 High Schools

Cluster Area 4

S*: Pre-K or K through 8th.

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 16 . Cluster Area 4 Schools Feeder Pattern (continued)

S*: Pre-K or K through 8th.

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 17 Cluster Area 4 Elementary Schools

Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 17 . Cluster Area 4 Elementary Schools (continued)

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 18 . Cluster Area 4 Middle Schools

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 19 . Cluster Area 4 High Schools

Cluster Area 5

Table 20 . Cluster Area 5 Schools Feeder Pattern

S*: Pre-K or K through 8th.

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 21 . Cluster Area 5 Elementary Schools

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 22 Cluster Area 5 Middle Schools

Table 23 . Cluster Area 5 High Schools

Cluster Area 6

Table 24 . Cluster Area 6 Schools Feeder Pattern

*: Pre-K or K through 8th.

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table

24 . Cluster Area 6 Schools Feeder Pattern (continued)

*: Pre-K or K through 8th.

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 25 . Cluster Area 6 Elementary Schools

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools. Academy: Pre-K or K through 8th.

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Table 26 . Cluster Area 6 Middle Schools

Table 27 . Cluster Area 6 High Schools

School Overcrowding Conditions

Maps 2, 3, and 4 illustrate the school utilization rates of individual school districts by school type. These maps provide valuable insights and policy implications on where overcrowding conditions exist within Prince George’s County.

Overall, schools in the northern portion of the County, regardless of type, are at or above 105% of the state-rated capacity (or the utilization rate). For elementary and middle schools, the utilization rate is also high in the

southern part of the County. The Planning Department and PGCPS work together to alleviate overcrowding conditions through capital improvement programs, such as building new schools or adding additional seats.

Detailed data for the elementary school map (Map 2) are included in Appendix B, due to the number of elementary schools in the County. Map 3 shows a few academies; each of them includes pre-K or K through the 8th grade.

Map 2 . Utilization Rate, 2025-2026 School Year Elementary Schools, Prince George’s County

Source:

The Utilization Rate, 2025-2026 School Year Elementary Schools, Prince George’s County

September 30th, 2025 Public School

Prince George’s County Planning Department

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Appendix B

The Elementary School Map Index

Source: Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Acknowledgments

Senior Management Team

James R. Hunt, MPA

Gwen McCall-Winston

Katina Shoulars

James Cannistra, C.P., GISP

Production Team

Kui Zhao, AICP

William Lescure , GISP

Acting Planning Director

Deputy Director of Administration

Acting Deputy Director of Operations

Division Chief, Information Management

Planning Supervisor

Senior GIS Specialist

Prince George’s County Public Schools

Marsha Washington

School Boundaries Analyst

PGC Technical and Administrative Assistance

Daniel Hartmann

Tamu Wright

Corianne Setzer

M’balu Abdullah

Ryan Craun

DeWayne Williams

Brian Holmes

Abi Birratu

Manager, Publications, Graphics and Web Development

Publications Specialist

Senior IT Support Specialist/Web Manager

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Clerical/Inventory Operations Supervisor

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