Bryant Woods Elementary

Bryant Woods Elementary is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in Columbia, Maryland, overseen by Howard County Public Schools, with 366 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Howard County Public Schools runs 77 schools in total, collectively educating 57,565 students. Bryant Woods Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bryant Woods Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 21% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Bryant Woods Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at Bryant Woods Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Howard County (around 27%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bryant Woods Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.0%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of +1.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Howard County shows the typical household earns roughly $149,763 per year, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Howard County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), of which Bryant Woods Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wilde Lake High, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bryant Woods Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Bryant Woods Elementary's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 366). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 54% to 49%.

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