Cranberry Station Elementary

Cranberry Station Elementary is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Westminster, Maryland, run under Carroll County Public Schools, instructing 593 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 481.

Cranberry Station Elementary is one of 43 schools operated by Carroll County Public Schools, a district that enrolls 26,141 students overall.

Demographically, Cranberry Station Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school records 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Carroll County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Cranberry Station Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Carroll County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cranberry Station Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Carroll County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $118,211 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Cranberry Station Elementary is one of 44 public schools in Carroll County (combined enrollment of about 26,141 students).

Nearest neighbor: Winters Mill High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cranberry Station Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cranberry Station Elementary has expanded 14%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 593 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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