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Brunswick Elementary
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Brunswick Elementary
Set in Brunswick, Maryland, Brunswick Elementary is a sizable elementary school, overseen by Frederick County Public Schools. It enrolls 804 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Brunswick Elementary sits 67% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Frederick County Public Schools, which oversees 67 schools and 48,054 students, Brunswick Elementary is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Brunswick Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder is composed of 13% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Brunswick Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Brunswick Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.8%; this one delivers 58.3%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Frederick County) records that median household income runs about $122,002, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Frederick County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students), Brunswick Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Brunswick High, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brunswick Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 57.1%.
Brunswick Elementary operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. Brunswick Elementary's enrollment has climbed 14% since 2018, when it stood at 703 (now 804). White enrollment moved from 74% to 56% across the same window.
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