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What's something Bakerfield Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039000680
Bakerfield Elementary
36 Baker St, Aberdeen, MD 21001 · (410) 273-5518 · Harford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
313 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
60.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
48.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 48.1% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 46.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Maryland's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bakerfield Elementary
Bakerfield Elementary's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakerfield Elementary this school | 460 | 68.0% | 54.1% |
| Riverside Elementary Joppa | 481 | 67.2% | 30.6% |
| Jonathan Hager Elementary Hagerstown | 498 | 69.3% | 32.1% |
| G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale Aberdeen | 528 | 70.3% | 38.5% |
| Green Holly Elementary School Lexington Park | 478 | 63.0% | 55.8% |
| Gilpin Manor Elementary Elkton | 478 | 71.5% | 26.0% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bakerfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #284 of 853 | #19 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #318 of 853 ▲ 13 | #18 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #283 of 853 ▼ 52 | #18 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #472 of 898 | #22 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #308 of 857 | #11 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #135 of 857 | #3 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #301 of 885 | #7 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #118 of 294 | #8 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
460
+77 (+20%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 460 | 35.1 | 13.1:1 | 68% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 35.6 | 12.7:1 | 70% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 34.5 | 13.4:1 | 71% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 75% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 30.4 | 13.5:1 | 67% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 69% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 57% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 35% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 24 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bakerfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (410 to 460); teachers up 16% (30.4 to 35.1).
About Bakerfield Elementary
In Aberdeen, Maryland, Bakerfield Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 460 students in pre-K through 5.
In Harford County Public Schools, 55 schools enroll a combined 37,771 students.
The student body at Bakerfield Elementary has no majority group. Black students lead at 41%. Other groups include 28% White, 16% Hispanic, and 14% multiracial. The county population is about 14% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is higher. A total of 313 students, or 68%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Harford County, the average is 39%.
Bakerfield Elementary is 20.2 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Maryland.
Census data for Harford County show median household income comes to about $112,265, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 55 public schools in the county, enrolling about 37,771, Bakerfield Elementary among them.
Aberdeen High is about 0.2 miles from Bakerfield Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 36.3%, lower than Bakerfield Elementary's 54.1%.
The NCES locale for Bakerfield Elementary is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 20% rise took enrollment from 383 in 2020-21 to 460 in 2024-25.
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Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
Other schools in Aberdeen
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Aberdeen MiddleMiddle · 1,071 students
- G. Lisby Elementary at HillsdaleElementary · 528 students
- Halls Cross Roads ElementaryElementary · 425 students
- Swan Creek SchoolCombined · 368 students
- Center for Educational OpportunityHigh · 122 students
Nearby schools
- Aberdeen High0.2 mi · 1,396
- Swan Creek School0.3 mi · 368
- Center for Educational Opportunity0.3 mi · 122
- Aberdeen Middle0.4 mi · 1,071
- G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale0.8 mi · 528
- Halls Cross Roads Elementary1.0 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Bakerfield ElementaryHow large is Bakerfield Elementary?
Bakerfield Elementary enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bakerfield Elementary serve?
Bakerfield Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bakerfield Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bakerfield Elementary is approximately 13.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bakerfield Elementary?
Student demographics at Bakerfield Elementary are roughly 28% White, 16% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Bakerfield Elementary public or private?
Bakerfield Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harford County Public Schools.
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