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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042001699
Cradlerock Elementary
6700 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045 · (410) 319-7601 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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
10.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
252 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
68%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
41.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
25.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.1% | 25.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 28.5% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Cradlerock Elementary
Cradlerock Elementary's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cradlerock Elementary this school | 453 | 55.6% | 34.8% |
| East Silver Spring Elementary Silver Spring | 540 | 52.6% | 51.0% |
| Bond Mill Elementary Laurel | 463 | 52.5% | 37.8% |
| Malcolm Elementary School Waldorf | 415 | 50.1% | 35.6% |
| Francis T. Evans Elementary Clinton | 393 | 60.3% | 49.5% |
| Indian Head Elementary School Indian Head | 443 | 63.0% | 26.4% |
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 Cradlerock Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #549 of 853 | #42 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #649 of 853 ▼ 82 | #42 of 42 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #546 of 853 ▼ 94 | #40 of 42 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #494 of 898 | #34 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #34 of 857 | #5 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #231 of 857 | #31 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.6% | #474 of 885 | #4 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #275 of 551 | #11 of 26 |
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
453
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 453 | 43.8 | 10.3:1 | 56% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 44.8 | 10.4:1 | 53% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 44.8 | 10.3:1 | 58% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 45 | 10.1:1 | 48% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 43.5 | 11.9:1 | 48% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 42% (208) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cradlerock Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (519 to 453); teachers up 1% (43.5 to 43.8).
About Cradlerock Elementary
Cradlerock Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Columbia, Maryland, one of the schools in Howard County Public Schools. It enrolled 453 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
District-wide, Howard County Public Schools has 77 schools and 57,565 students.
Cradlerock Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 48%. Other students are 21% Hispanic, 18% White, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Howard County residents are about 20% Black. Cradlerock Elementary has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Cradlerock Elementary total 43.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 56% of enrollment. The 27% average for public schools in Howard County is 29 points lower.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Cradlerock Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Cradlerock Elementary is 6.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
Within Howard County, median household income is about $149,763, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Howard County number 78 and enroll about 57,565.
Nearest public school: Lake Elkhorn Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Cradlerock Elementary is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Cradlerock Elementary falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Cradlerock Elementary was 456 in 2020-21 and 453 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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 Columbia
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
- Long Reach HighHigh · 1,334 students
- Wilde Lake HighHigh · 1,197 students
- Hammond HighHigh · 1,159 students
- Phelps Luck ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Elkhorn Middle0.1 mi · 569
- Stevens Forest Elementary0.9 mi · 314
- Oakland Mills Middle1.1 mi · 415
- Oakland Mills High1.2 mi · 1,413
- Atholton Elementary1.2 mi · 516
- Jeffers Hill Elementary1.3 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Cradlerock ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cradlerock Elementary?
Cradlerock Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cradlerock Elementary serve?
Cradlerock Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Cradlerock Elementary have?
Cradlerock Elementary employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Cradlerock Elementary?
Student demographics at Cradlerock Elementary are roughly 18% White, 21% Hispanic, 48% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Cradlerock Elementary public or private?
Cradlerock Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Howard County Public Schools.
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