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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Clarksville Elementary?
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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000724
Clarksville Elementary
12041 Clarksville Pike, Clarksville, MD 21029 · (410) 313-7050 · Howard County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% 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.
- A-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
13.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
96 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
73%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
70.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -8.3pp since 2023
Math
69.3%
MD avg 34.8% . -11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 80.5% |
% 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
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Clarksville Elementary
Clarksville Elementary's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville Elementary this school | 543 | 17.7% | 74.9% |
| Wilson Wims Elementary School Clarksburg | 484 | 19.0% | 79.9% |
| Fallsmead Elementary Rockville | 512 | 18.9% | 71.7% |
| St. Johns Lane Elementary Ellicott City | 636 | 20.6% | 65.2% |
| Wayside Elementary Potomac | 465 | 9.9% | 85.3% |
| Worthington Elementary Ellicott City | 403 | 11.7% | 81.8% |
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 Clarksville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #61 of 853 | #10 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #96 of 853 ▼ 74 | #11 of 42 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #136 of 853 ▼ 81 | #12 of 42 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #289 of 898 | #27 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #383 of 857 | #29 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.0% | #83 of 857 | #16 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #811 of 885 | #27 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.7% | #56 of 294 | #1 of 15 |
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
543
+42 (+8%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 543 | 39.9 | 13.6:1 | 18% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 39.8 | 14.0:1 | 21% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 41.7 | 13.9:1 | 19% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 39 | 12.8:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 622 | 33 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarksville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (432 to 543); teachers up 21% (33 to 39.9).
About Clarksville Elementary
Clarksville Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Clarksville, Maryland. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 543 students enrolled.
The district, Howard County Public Schools, has 57,565 students enrolled across 77 schools.
Enrollment at Clarksville Elementary is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 37%. The rest of enrollment is 30% White, 18% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Asian share of Howard County's population at about 19%. Clarksville Elementary has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Clarksville Elementary total 39.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Maryland average about 13.8:1, a similar figure. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 18%. Among public schools in Howard County, the average eligibility rate is 27%.
The allk12 Grade for Clarksville Elementary is A. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 63.8%.
Howard County has these Census figures: median household income is about $149,763, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The public schools of Howard County number 78 and enroll about 57,565.
The closest public school, River Hill High, is about 0.2 miles from Clarksville Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Clarksville Elementary is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Clarksville Elementary is City: Mid-size.
Clarksville Elementary had 501 students in 2020-21 and 543 in 2024-25, an 8% increase.
The Clarksville Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Other schools in Clarksville
- River Hill HighHigh · 1,383 students
- Pointers Run ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Clarksville MiddleMiddle · 679 students
Other Clarksville Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Clarksville Elementary. Clarksville Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Clarksville Elementary SchoolClarksville, IN · 649 students
- Clarksville ElementarySkipwith, VA · 432 students
- CLARKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLARKSVILLE, AR · 368 students
- Clarksville Elementary SchoolClarksville, IA · 176 students
Nearby schools
- River Hill High0.2 mi · 1,383
- Pointers Run Elementary1.9 mi · 835
- Clarksville Middle2.0 mi · 679
- Swansfield Elementary2.2 mi · 594
- Harpers Choice Middle2.2 mi · 471
- Homewood School2.4 mi · 109
Frequently asked questions
About Clarksville ElementaryHow large is Clarksville Elementary?
Clarksville Elementary enrolls approximately 543 students in grades KG-05.
Is Clarksville Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clarksville Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Clarksville Elementary have?
Clarksville Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Clarksville Elementary?
Clarksville Elementary reports a student body of 30% White, 9% Hispanic, 18% Black, 37% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Clarksville Elementary in?
Clarksville Elementary is part of Howard County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.