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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Beall Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEGANY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240003000003
Beall Elementary
3 E College Ave, Frostburg, MD 21532 · (301) 689-3636 · Allegany County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
253 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 62 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
46.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.2% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 49.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 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 Beall Elementary
Beall Elementary's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beall Elementary this school | 415 | 61.0% | 48.0% |
| Perryville Elementary Perryville | 423 | 56.0% | 45.3% |
| Preston Elementary School Preston | 381 | 60.1% | 49.6% |
| Taneytown Elementary Taneytown | 450 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
| Ridgely Elementary School Ridgely | 433 | 59.6% | 42.0% |
| Thurmont Primary Thurmont | 350 | 55.1% | N/A |
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 Beall Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Allegany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #363 of 853 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #330 of 853 ▼ 38 | #7 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #480 of 853 ▼ 103 | #13 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #566 of 898 | #2 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #291 of 857 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #720 of 857 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #387 of 885 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #364 of 551 | #7 of 12 |
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
415
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 415 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 61% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 32.5 | 12.7:1 | 60% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 63% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 47% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 30.2 | 15.1:1 | 51% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 59% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 54% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 19 | 16.2:1 | 53% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 17 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beall Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (456 to 415); teachers up 6% (30.2 to 32).
About Beall Elementary
Students in Frostburg, Maryland, attend Beall Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 415 students.
Allegany County Public Schools has 22 schools; together they serve 8,113 students.
By race and ethnicity, Beall Elementary is 83% White. Next come 10% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Hispanic. In Allegany County overall, the White share is about 87%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Beall Elementary totals 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Beall Elementary is about 61%. That is in line with the 58% average for public schools in Allegany County.
Beall Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of Maryland public elementary schools.
In Maryland, Beall Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.0% actual against a predicted 38.1%.
Census data for Allegany County show median household income comes to about $59,603, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Allegany County number 22, with about 8,113 students.
Beall Elementary's nearest public school is Mountain Ridge High School (about 1.0 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Beall Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment fell by 7% across 4 years, from 445 in 2020-21 to 415 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.3:1 to 13.0:1.
The allk12 page for Beall Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Allegany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,452
Census ACS
Median income
$59,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,113 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Allegany County Public Schools
- Mountain Ridge High SchoolHigh · 743 students
- Allegany HighHigh · 719 students
- Fort Hill HighHigh · 655 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 577 students
- Braddock MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- South Penn ElementaryElementary · 491 students
Other schools in Frostburg
- Mountain Ridge High SchoolHigh · 743 students
- Frost ElementaryElementary · 243 students
- Route 40 ElementaryElementary · 123 students
Other Beall Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Beall Elementary. Beall Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Beall ElementaryRockville, MD · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Ridge High School1.0 mi · 743
- Frost Elementary1.2 mi · 243
- Mount Savage Middle4.2 mi · 408
- Mt. Savage Elementary4.2 mi · 218
- Route 40 Elementary4.7 mi · 123
- George's Creek Elementary5.5 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About Beall ElementaryHow large is Beall Elementary?
Beall Elementary enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Beall Elementary serve?
Beall Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Beall Elementary have?
Beall Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
How diverse is Beall Elementary?
Beall Elementary reports a student body of 83% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Beall Elementary?
Beall Elementary is overseen by Allegany County Public Schools in Allegany County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.