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Alumni: what's one memory from Bushy Park Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
631
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000721
Bushy Park Elementary
14601 Carrs Mill Rd, Glenwood, MD 21738 · (410) 313-5500 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
59 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 | 54 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
53%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
72.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.3% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.3% | 72.2% |
% 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
74.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Bushy Park Elementary
Bushy Park Elementary's state test result (74.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushy Park Elementary this school | 631 | 9.4% | 74.7% |
| Wood Acres Elementary Bethesda | 609 | 7.2% | 85.8% |
| Blue Heron Elementary New Market | 680 | 8.5% | 80.8% |
| Wyngate Elementary Bethesda | 640 | 3.4% | 84.8% |
| Kensington Parkwood Elementary Kensington | 535 | 12.1% | 74.0% |
| Crofton Woods Elementary Crofton | 742 | 13.3% | 65.5% |
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 Bushy Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #63 of 853 | #11 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #57 of 853 ▲ 15 | #8 of 42 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #123 of 853 ▼ 70 | #11 of 42 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #171 of 898 | #22 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #327 of 857 | #26 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #482 of 857 | #41 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.4% | #860 of 885 | #36 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #551 of 551 | #26 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
631
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 631 | 47.7 | 13.2:1 | 9% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 631 | 46.7 | 13.5:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 621 | 46.2 | 13.4:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 3% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 581 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bushy Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (632 to 631); teachers up 22% (39 to 47.7).
About Bushy Park Elementary
In Glenwood, Maryland, part of Howard County, Bushy Park Elementary is an elementary school. The school has 631 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students, which makes this school 31% bigger than average.
District-wide, Howard County Public Schools has 77 schools and 57,565 students.
More than half of enrollment at Bushy Park Elementary is White: 66%. Enrollment also includes 12% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. The school's White share is 20 points above the 47% share among Howard County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
The school lists 47.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is similar, at 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 9% of the student body. The average for public schools in Howard County is 27%.
Bushy Park Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Test results at Bushy Park Elementary are 6.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (74.7% actual, 68.7% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Howard County show that the median household earns about $149,763 a year, about 65% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Howard County has 78 public schools with about 57,565 students, including Bushy Park Elementary.
The closest school to Bushy Park Elementary is Glenwood Middle, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Bushy Park Elementary's average proficiency of 74.7% compares with 71.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 602 (2020-21) to 631 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
People who know Bushy Park Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Nearby schools
- Glenwood Middle0.3 mi · 494
- Glenelg High2.1 mi · 1,363
- Folly Quarter Middle3.2 mi · 682
- Lisbon Elementary3.3 mi · 480
- Triadelphia Ridge Elementary3.3 mi · 619
- West Friendship Elementary4.1 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Bushy Park ElementaryHow large is Bushy Park Elementary?
Bushy Park Elementary enrolls approximately 631 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bushy Park Elementary serve?
Bushy Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bushy Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bushy Park Elementary is approximately 13.2:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bushy Park Elementary?
At Bushy Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 66% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Bushy Park Elementary public or private?
Bushy Park 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.