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How has Cecil Manor Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240024000560
Cecil Manor Elementary
971 Elk Mills Rd, Elkton, MD 21921 · (410) 996-5090 · Cecil County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- DBeats 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
11.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
250 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 50 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
39.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +13.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 16.1% |
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Cecil Manor Elementary
Cecil Manor Elementary's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Manor Elementary this school | 416 | 60.1% | 29.6% |
| Fruitland Primary Fruitland | 445 | 58.9% | N/A |
| Green Holly Elementary School Lexington Park | 478 | 63.0% | 55.8% |
| Emma K. Doub Elementary Hagerstown | 389 | 58.1% | 52.3% |
| Fruitland Intermediate Fruitland | 343 | 57.1% | 41.1% |
| Harford Hills Elementary Baltimore | 373 | 59.0% | 37.9% |
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 Cecil Manor Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Cecil County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #650 of 853 | #13 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #586 of 853 ▲ 182 | #12 of 17 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #577 of 853 ▲ 37 | #11 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #564 of 898 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #110 of 857 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #152 of 857 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #404 of 885 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #512 of 551 | #12 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
416
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 416 | 36.5 | 11.4:1 | 60% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 34.5 | 12.7:1 | 63% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 33.8 | 12.5:1 | 65% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 54% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 37.8 | 11.2:1 | 62% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 59% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 57% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 23% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 18 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cecil Manor Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (424 to 416); teachers down 3% (37.8 to 36.5).
About Cecil Manor Elementary
Cecil Manor Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Elkton, Maryland. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 416 students in pre-K through 5.
The district, Cecil County Public Schools, operates 28 schools serving 14,853 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Cecil Manor Elementary, at 40%. Other groups make up 31% Black, 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 82% of Cecil County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Cecil Manor Elementary's 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.4:1. That is lower than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 60%. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Cecil County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Cecil Manor Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 38.7% for a school in Maryland with Cecil Manor Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cecil Manor Elementary posts 29.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Cecil County, the median household income is $92,007, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. There are 29 public schools in Cecil County, enrolling about 14,853 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Newark Charter School is the closest, at about 1.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Cecil Manor Elementary. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Cecil Manor Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 42 more students in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cecil County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,960
Census ACS
Median income
$92,007
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
14,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cecil County Public Schools
- Rising Sun HighHigh · 1,074 students
- North East HighHigh · 1,057 students
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Perryville HighHigh · 858 students
- North East MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- North East ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other schools in Elkton
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Elkton MiddleMiddle · 538 students
- Gilpin Manor ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Thomson Estates ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Holly Hall ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- Elk Neck ElementaryElementary · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Newark Charter School1.6 mi · 3,109
- Kenmore Elementary2.4 mi · 290
- Cherry Hill Middle2.5 mi · 387
- Elkton High2.6 mi · 1,050
- Elkton Middle2.7 mi · 538
- Downes (John R.) Elementary School2.8 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Cecil Manor ElementaryHow many students attend Cecil Manor Elementary?
Cecil Manor Elementary enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cecil Manor Elementary serve?
Cecil Manor Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cecil Manor Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cecil Manor Elementary is approximately 11.4:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cecil Manor Elementary?
Cecil Manor Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 17% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Cecil Manor Elementary in?
Cecil Manor Elementary is part of Cecil County Public Schools.
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