Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033001712
Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter
7215 Corporate Court, Frederick, MD 21703 · (227) 203-3820 · Frederick County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest 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
17.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
87 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 48 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
65%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
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
78.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
31.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 68.3% | 31.7% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter
Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter this school | 317 | 27.4% | 52.5% |
| Cashell Elementary Rockville | 386 | 28.2% | 71.6% |
| Somerset Elementary Chevy Chase | 314 | 20.1% | 79.9% |
| Fort Garrison Elementary Baltimore | 283 | 20.8% | 82.4% |
| North Chevy Chase Elementary Chevy Chase | 237 | 20.7% | 73.5% |
| Manor View Elementary Ft Meade | 374 | 23.5% | 53.3% |
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 Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #307 of 853 | #29 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #569 of 853 ▼ 41 | #36 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #67 of 853 ▲ 79 | #7 of 39 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #729 of 898 | #33 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #822 of 857 | #35 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #302 of 857 | #19 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #735 of 885 | #27 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #212 of 294 | #14 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
317
-1 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 317 | 18.1 | 17.5:1 | 27% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 17.4 | 18.1:1 | 21% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 17.4 | 18.1:1 | 28% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 16 | 19.9:1 | 21% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 13.7 | 22.2:1 | 18% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 233 | 11 | 21.2:1 | 19% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (304 to 317); teachers up 32% (13.7 to 18.1).
About Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter
Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter is an elementary school located in Frederick, Maryland, in Frederick County. It enrolled 317 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter is in Frederick County Public Schools, a district with 48,054 students across 67 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter is 54% White. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Frederick County is about 68% White. Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter total 18.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.5:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 87 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 27%. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Frederick County is 10 points.
Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 58.0% at Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Frederick County show that median household income is about $122,002, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter is one of 69 public schools in Frederick County, which together enroll about 48,054 students.
The closest public school, Ballenger Creek Elementary, is about 0.9 miles from Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 318 in 2020-21, 317 in 2024-25. The ratio was 19.9:1 in 2020-21 and 17.5:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Frederick
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Crestwood MiddleMiddle · 996 students
- Waverley ElementaryElementary · 965 students
Nearby schools
- Ballenger Creek Elementary0.9 mi · 715
- Crestwood Middle1.1 mi · 996
- Ballenger Creek Middle1.5 mi · 777
- Tuscarora Elementary1.6 mi · 793
- Tuscarora High1.7 mi · 1,735
- Orchard Grove Elementary1.8 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Carroll Creek Montessori Public CharterHow many students attend Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter?
Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter enrolls approximately 317 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter serve?
Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter.
What is the student diversity at Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter?
Student demographics at Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter are roughly 54% White, 15% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter in?
Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter is part of Frederick County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.