Rosemont Elementary School is nestled two blocks off busy Route 355. A new wing, which includes a gym and increased the school's floor space 30 percent, was added in 2005, just prior to current principal Jimmy Sweeny's arrival. The school offers a special Pre-K autism program with a 1:1 student to teacher ratio. Rosemont is also a Title I school, so it receives federal funding because some of the students come from low-income families.
Goshen Elementary is one of six elementary schools belonging to the Gaithersburg High School cluster. More than 80 percent of its professional staff have been teaching for more than five years, including more than one-third of staffers who have been teaching for more than 15 years.
Travilah Elementary is one of North Potomac's three public elementary schools, in addition to Dufief Elementary and Stone Wall Elementary. Built in 1960, Travilah sits at the center of the historic Travilah community. The school was modernized in 1992, and in 2008 an additional six classrooms and a courtyard were built and an interactive white board was installed in each classroom.
The school has three classrooms per grade, an art room, a music instrumental room, a library and a computer lab. In addition to classroom teachers, the school employs a full-time reading initiative teacher, as well as art, music, special education, counselor, ESL and staff development teachers.
Teachers take students out to an on-site pond and garden for lessons on ecosystems and the environment. In 2010, through a partnership with Whole Foods, each grade got to plant sunflowers and pumpkins. Principal Susan Shenk has been at the school for seven years and is a resident of North Potomac. Travilah Elementary feeds into Frost Middle School in Rockville.
Located just a block from the heart of Olde Towne, Gaithersburg Elementary School embraces the cultural diversity of its students. The building, which used to be called Gaithersburg School, at one point housed all grades, from first through 12th. The school features an in-house health clinic and participates in the county-wide Linkages to Learning Program for at-risk youth.