Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEGANY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240003001338
Cash Valley Elementary
10601 Cash Valley Rd Nw, Lavale, MD 21502 · (301) 724-6632 · Allegany County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+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
11.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
166 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 49 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
51.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +16.6pp since 2023
Math
48.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +27.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 28 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 21.2% |
% 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Cash Valley Elementary
Cash Valley Elementary's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Valley Elementary this school | 266 | 62.4% | 39.0% |
| Northeast Elementary Cumberland | 272 | 57.7% | 62.3% |
| Cresaptown Elementary Cresaptown | 268 | 57.8% | 60.5% |
| Bainbridge Elementary Port Deposit | 294 | 64.3% | 42.6% |
| Westernport Elementary Westernport | 248 | 69.8% | 43.6% |
| George's Creek Elementary Lonaconing | 272 | 69.1% | 50.0% |
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 Cash Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Allegany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #485 of 853 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #310 of 853 ▲ 371 | #6 of 14 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #403 of 853 ▲ 184 | #12 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #797 of 898 | #7 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #83 of 857 | #3 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #729 of 857 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #363 of 885 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #488 of 551 | #11 of 12 |
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
266
-7 (-3%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 266 | 24 | 11.1:1 | 62% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 25 | 11.0:1 | 63% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 25.4 | 10.8:1 | 68% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 24 | 11.4:1 | 52% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 22.7 | 12.1:1 | 59% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 304 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 62% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | 28 | 11.8:1 | 56% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 57% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 24 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cash Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (274 to 266); teachers up 6% (22.7 to 24).
About Cash Valley Elementary
Cash Valley Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Lavale, Maryland. The school's 266 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
Enrollment across the 22 schools in Allegany County Public Schools totals 8,113 students.
Federal enrollment data show Cash Valley Elementary is 83% White. Other groups make up 6% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. County-wide, about 87% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 11.1:1 comes from the school's 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The lunch program counts 62% of students at Cash Valley Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Cash Valley Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Cash Valley Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 37.3%. Cash Valley Elementary scores 39.0%, 1.7 points above that line.
Census estimates describe Allegany County this way: the median household income is $59,603, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Allegany County has 22 public schools and roughly 8,113 students.
Nearby, Allegany High is about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles of Cash Valley Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Cash Valley Elementary places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Cash Valley Elementary is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment at Cash Valley Elementary dropped 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 273 to 266 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Cash Valley Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Allegany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,452
Census ACS
Median income
$59,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,113 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Allegany County Public Schools
- Mountain Ridge High SchoolHigh · 743 students
- Allegany HighHigh · 719 students
- Fort Hill HighHigh · 655 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 577 students
- Braddock MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- South Penn ElementaryElementary · 491 students
Nearby schools
- Allegany High1.3 mi · 719
- Parkside Elementary1.9 mi · 222
- Braddock Middle2.3 mi · 536
- West Side Elementary2.6 mi · 321
- Northeast Elementary3.0 mi · 272
- South Penn Elementary3.8 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Cash Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Cash Valley Elementary?
Cash Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 266 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cash Valley Elementary serve?
Cash Valley Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cash Valley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cash Valley Elementary is approximately 11.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cash Valley Elementary?
At Cash Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Cash Valley Elementary in?
Cash Valley Elementary is part of Allegany County Public Schools.
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