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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Bollman Bridge Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
775
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042001507
Bollman Bridge Elementary
8200 Savage-Guilford Road, Jessup, MD 20794 · (410) 880-5920 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL775 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.1:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
410 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 83 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
42.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
33.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 down about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 40.4% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Bollman Bridge Elementary
Bollman Bridge Elementary's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bollman Bridge Elementary this school | 775 | 52.9% | 39.9% |
| Ballenger Creek Elementary Frederick | 715 | 57.5% | 44.1% |
| Jessup Elementary Jessup | 646 | 47.5% | 38.4% |
| Tuscarora Elementary Frederick | 793 | 46.9% | 58.1% |
| Waters Landing Elementary Germantown | 735 | 56.3% | 33.9% |
| Orchard Grove Elementary Frederick | 613 | 53.7% | 56.8% |
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 Bollman Bridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #474 of 853 | #39 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #535 of 853 ▼ 132 | #40 of 42 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #525 of 853 ▼ 56 | #38 of 42 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 775 | #46 of 898 | #8 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #187 of 857 | #15 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #105 of 857 | #21 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #492 of 885 | #6 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #168 of 294 | #9 of 15 |
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
775
+66 (+9%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 732
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 775 | 64 | 12.1:1 | 53% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 61.4 | 12.3:1 | 50% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 59.1 | 12.6:1 | 54% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 709 | 57 | 12.4:1 | 39% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 61.5 | 11.7:1 | 40% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 757 | 61 | 12.4:1 | 40% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 52 | 11.8:1 | 27% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 683 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 14% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 732 | 44 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bollman Bridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (722 to 775); teachers up 4% (61.5 to 64).
About Bollman Bridge Elementary
At 8200 Savage-Guilford Road in Jessup, Maryland, Bollman Bridge Elementary operates as a large elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 775 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 61% larger than average.
Howard County Public Schools has 77 schools; together they serve 57,565 students.
Bollman Bridge Elementary has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 37%. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 22% White, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. In Howard County overall, about 20% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 64 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bollman Bridge Elementary and a ratio of 12.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 53% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Howard County average 27%.
The allk12 Grade for Bollman Bridge Elementary is C. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bollman Bridge Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 39.9% actual against 42.9% predicted.
Census estimates describe Howard County this way: the median household income is $149,763, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides Bollman Bridge Elementary, Howard County has 77 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Patuxent Valley Middle, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 43.1%, higher than Bollman Bridge Elementary's 39.9%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Bollman Bridge Elementary climbed 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 709 to 775 students.
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Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Jessup
- Guilford Park HighHigh · 1,218 students
- Patuxent Valley MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- Jessup ElementaryElementary · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Patuxent Valley Middle0.1 mi · 840
- Forest Ridge Elementary1.0 mi · 659
- Guilford Park High1.2 mi · 1,218
- Murray Hill Middle1.6 mi · 616
- Guilford Elementary1.6 mi · 437
- Gorman Crossing Elementary1.7 mi · 750
Frequently asked questions
About Bollman Bridge ElementaryHow large is Bollman Bridge Elementary?
Bollman Bridge Elementary enrolls approximately 775 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bollman Bridge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bollman Bridge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bollman Bridge Elementary?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Bollman Bridge Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bollman Bridge Elementary?
At Bollman Bridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 29% Hispanic, 37% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bollman Bridge Elementary?
Bollman Bridge Elementary is overseen by Howard County Public Schools in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.