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Which teacher or staff member at Brunswick Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
804
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033000626
Brunswick Elementary
400 Central Ave, Brunswick, MD 21716 · (227) 203-1860 · Frederick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL804 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
16.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
264 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 52 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
63.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
57.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 52.6% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Brunswick Elementary
Brunswick Elementary's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick Elementary this school | 804 | 32.8% | 58.3% |
| Delmar Elementary Delmar | 914 | 30.3% | 48.4% |
| Spring Ridge Elementary Frederick | 605 | 31.1% | 65.8% |
| Evergreen Elementary School California | 715 | 23.5% | 57.1% |
| Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School La Plata | 663 | 36.3% | 49.6% |
| Prospect Mill Elementary Bel Air | 579 | 33.2% | 66.3% |
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 Brunswick Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #239 of 853 | #19 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #216 of 853 ▲ 41 | #20 of 39 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #235 of 853 ▲ 13 | #20 of 39 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 804 | #37 of 898 | #5 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #758 of 857 | #29 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #322 of 857 | #20 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.8% | #687 of 885 | #20 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.4% | #106 of 294 | #10 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
804
+110 (+16%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 804 | 48.6 | 16.6:1 | 33% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 773 | 48.4 | 16.0:1 | 27% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 752 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 28% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 694 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 30% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 40.5 | 17.3:1 | 34% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 662 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 38% (254) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 34% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 28% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 37 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brunswick Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (703 to 804); teachers up 20% (40.5 to 48.6).
About Brunswick Elementary
Brunswick Elementary, located in Brunswick, Maryland, is a large elementary school. A total of 804 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland, enrollment here is 67% higher.
Frederick County Public Schools runs 67 schools with a combined 48,054 students. Brunswick Elementary is one of them.
Brunswick Elementary's enrollment is 56% White. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% multiracial, and 6% Asian. In Frederick County overall, about 68% of residents are White. Brunswick Elementary has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Brunswick Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 33%.
Brunswick Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Brunswick Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 54.8%. Brunswick Elementary scores 58.3%, 3.5 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Frederick County show that median household income is about $122,002, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 69 public schools operate in Frederick County, serving about 48,054 students.
Brunswick High is the closest public school, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line. Brunswick Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 57.1%, lower than Brunswick Elementary's 58.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 804 was 16% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 694. Students per teacher rose from 14.8 in 2020-21 to 16.6 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Brunswick Elementary may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
Other schools in Brunswick
- Brunswick HighHigh · 910 students
- Brunswick MiddleMiddle · 638 students
Other Brunswick Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Brunswick Elementary. Brunswick Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- BRUNSWICK ELEM.BRUNSWICK, MO · 135 students
Nearby schools
- Brunswick High1.3 mi · 910
- Brunswick Middle1.6 mi · 638
- Pleasant Valley Elementary3.6 mi · 186
- Lovettsville Elementary3.7 mi · 510
- Valley Elementary5.4 mi · 525
- Harpers Ferry Middle School6.6 mi · 550
Frequently asked questions
About Brunswick ElementaryHow many students attend Brunswick Elementary?
Brunswick Elementary enrolls approximately 804 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Brunswick Elementary serve?
Brunswick Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Brunswick Elementary have?
Brunswick Elementary employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
How diverse is Brunswick Elementary?
Brunswick Elementary reports a student body of 56% White, 13% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Brunswick Elementary?
Brunswick Elementary is overseen by Frederick County Public Schools in Frederick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.