Blue Heron Elementary

Set in New Market, Maryland, Blue Heron Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Frederick County Public Schools. It teaches 680 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% above the state mean of about 481.

Blue Heron Elementary is one of 67 schools operated by Frederick County Public Schools, a district that teaches 48,054 students overall.

On demographics, Blue Heron Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, 7% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 9% of students at Blue Heron Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Frederick County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Blue Heron Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.2%, the actual is 80.8%, a residual of +11.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Frederick County put the typical household earns roughly $122,002 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Frederick County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students), of which Blue Heron Elementary is one.

Deer Crossing Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Blue Heron Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 60.8%.

Blue Heron Elementary operates from a residential location.

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