Bel Air Elementary

Bel Air Elementary is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Bel Air, Maryland, one of the schools within Harford County Public Schools, hosting 521 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Harford County Public Schools, which oversees 55 schools and 37,771 students, Bel Air Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bel Air Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. Compared to Harford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Bel Air Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Bel Air Elementary sits in the top 10% of Maryland schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 55.7%; actual is 72.7%, +17.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Harford County indicate the typical household earns roughly $112,265 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Harford County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), Bel Air Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Bel Air High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bel Air Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bel Air Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 60.7%.

Bel Air Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bel Air Elementary's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 487 (now 521).

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