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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240021000529
Carrolltowne Elementary
6542 Ridge Road, Sykesville, MD 21784 · (410) 751-3530 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% 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.
- B+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
14.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
86 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 27 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
72.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.1pp 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 83 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 72.9% |
% 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
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Carrolltowne Elementary
Carrolltowne Elementary's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrolltowne Elementary this school | 593 | 14.5% | 73.3% |
| Broadneck Elementary Arnold | 652 | 17.5% | 67.9% |
| Freedom District Elementary Sykesville | 627 | 12.4% | 72.5% |
| Sparks Elementary Sparks | 509 | 10.4% | 81.8% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Severna Park | 628 | 9.7% | 74.0% |
| Lisbon Elementary Woodbine | 480 | 14.4% | 62.6% |
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 Carrolltowne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #69 of 853 | #3 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #14 of 853 ▲ 52 | #1 of 21 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #126 of 853 ▲ 49 | #6 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #220 of 898 | #7 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #542 of 857 | #10 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #608 of 857 | #7 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.5% | #833 of 885 | #21 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #178 of 294 | #12 of 20 |
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
593
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 945
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 593 | 40.4 | 14.7:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 40.8 | 15.3:1 | 13% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 43.6 | 14.4:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 41.3 | 13.5:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 11% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 48 | 13.1:1 | 8% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 684 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 6% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 945 | 48 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carrolltowne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (556 to 593); teachers down 2% (41.3 to 40.4).
About Carrolltowne Elementary
Carrolltowne Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Sykesville, Maryland. There are 593 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 23% above the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
The district, Carroll County Public Schools, has 26,141 students enrolled across 43 schools.
At Carrolltowne Elementary, 75% of students are White. It is also 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, the population of Carroll County is roughly 86% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carrolltowne Elementary scores 42%.
Carrolltowne Elementary has 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 13.8:1. The school has 15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 28% average for public schools in Carroll County is 13 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Carrolltowne Elementary lands at A, ahead of 86% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.6% at Carrolltowne Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 73.3%.
In Carroll County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $118,211, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 44 public schools and about 26,141 students.
Oklahoma Road Middle is about 0.5 miles from Carrolltowne Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Carrolltowne Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 65.3%, lower than Carrolltowne Elementary's 73.3%.
Under the NCES locale system, Carrolltowne Elementary is Town: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 599 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 593.
The discussion board for Carrolltowne Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,321
Census ACS
Median income
$118,211
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
26,141 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Westminster HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Manchester Valley HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Winters Mill HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
Other schools in Sykesville
- Century HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
- Oklahoma Road MiddleMiddle · 816 students
- Linton Springs ElementaryElementary · 759 students
- Sykesville MiddleMiddle · 697 students
Nearby schools
- Oklahoma Road Middle0.5 mi · 816
- Piney Ridge Elementary1.6 mi · 578
- Liberty High1.7 mi · 1,007
- Eldersburg Elementary1.7 mi · 470
- Freedom District Elementary1.8 mi · 627
- Sykesville Middle2.2 mi · 697
Frequently asked questions
About Carrolltowne ElementaryHow large is Carrolltowne Elementary?
Carrolltowne Elementary enrolls approximately 593 students in grades PK-05.
Is Carrolltowne Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carrolltowne Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Carrolltowne Elementary have?
Carrolltowne Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Carrolltowne Elementary?
Student demographics at Carrolltowne Elementary are roughly 75% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Carrolltowne Elementary public or private?
Carrolltowne Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carroll County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.