Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000720
Bryant Woods Elementary
5450 Blue Heron Ln, Columbia, MD 21044 · (410) 313-6859 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- 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
10.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
187 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 17 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
68%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
51.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
42.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 49.4% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Bryant Woods Elementary
Bryant Woods Elementary's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Woods Elementary this school | 366 | 51.1% | 45.9% |
| Running Brook Elementary Columbia | 407 | 52.8% | 39.7% |
| Kenilworth Elementary Bowie | 364 | 48.6% | 34.8% |
| Jeffers Hill Elementary Columbia | 406 | 44.1% | 41.6% |
| Pine Grove Elementary Baltimore | 418 | 48.6% | 49.6% |
| Warren Elementary Cockeysville | 381 | 51.4% | 45.2% |
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 Bryant Woods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #397 of 853 | #31 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #395 of 853 ▼ 104 | #32 of 42 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #397 of 853 ▲ 116 | #30 of 42 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #656 of 898 | #41 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #27 of 857 | #4 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #236 of 857 | #32 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #512 of 885 | #8 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #271 of 551 | #10 of 26 |
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
366
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 366 | 35.7 | 10.3:1 | 51% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 37.7 | 9.5:1 | 48% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 37.4 | 9.7:1 | 50% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 40 | 9.0:1 | 40% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 45 | 9.4:1 | 100% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 43 | 9.2:1 | 70% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 50% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 25% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 28 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bryant Woods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (421 to 366); teachers down 21% (45 to 35.7).
About Bryant Woods Elementary
Bryant Woods Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in Columbia, Maryland. Its 366 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 24% smaller than the 481 average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Howard County Public Schools is made up of 77 schools with 57,565 students in all.
Bryant Woods Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 49%. The remaining students are 21% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Among people living in Howard County, the Black share is about 20%. By the diversity index, Bryant Woods Elementary comes in at 68%.
Its teaching staff equals 35.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 51%. That is higher than the 27% average for public schools in Howard County.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Bryant Woods Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Bryant Woods Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 44.0%. Bryant Woods Elementary scores 45.9%, 1.9 points above that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Howard County show that median household income is about $149,763, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 78 public schools in Howard County, with a combined enrollment of about 57,565.
The nearest public school is Wilde Lake High, at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Bryant Woods Elementary is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Bryant Woods Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (360) to 2024-25 (366). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 9.0:1 to 10.3:1.
The Bryant Woods Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Columbia
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
- Long Reach HighHigh · 1,334 students
- Wilde Lake HighHigh · 1,197 students
- Hammond HighHigh · 1,159 students
- Phelps Luck ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Nearby schools
- Wilde Lake High0.4 mi · 1,197
- Wilde Lake Middle0.6 mi · 643
- Running Brook Elementary0.7 mi · 407
- Longfellow Elementary0.9 mi · 446
- Harpers Choice Middle1.1 mi · 471
- Swansfield Elementary1.2 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About Bryant Woods ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bryant Woods Elementary?
Bryant Woods Elementary enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bryant Woods Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bryant Woods Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bryant Woods Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bryant Woods Elementary is approximately 10.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bryant Woods Elementary?
Bryant Woods Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 14% Hispanic, 49% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Bryant Woods Elementary public or private?
Bryant Woods Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Howard County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.