Enrollment
96
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039000685
Darlington Elementary
2119 Shuresville Rd, Darlington, MD 21034 · (410) 638-3700 · Harford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL96 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
8.7:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
41 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 20 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 9 | 9% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
80.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +42.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 43 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.6% | 32.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Darlington Elementary
Darlington Elementary's state test result (64.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington Elementary this school | 96 | 42.7% | 64.0% |
| Route 40 Elementary Frostburg | 123 | 44.7% | 52.0% |
| Deal Island School Deal Island | 117 | 52.1% | 52.5% |
| Oliver Beach Elementary Baltimore | 150 | 40.0% | 70.0% |
| Tilghman Elementary Tilghman | 99 | 58.6% | 14.5% |
| Wolfsville Elementary Myersville | 163 | 35.0% | 69.0% |
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 Darlington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 96 | #887 of 898 | #33 of 33 |
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
96
-2 (-2%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 179
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 96 | 11 | 8.7:1 | 43% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 92 | 12 | 7.7:1 | 43% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 101 | 12 | 8.4:1 | 34% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 98 | 11 | 8.9:1 | 33% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 103 | 11.9 | 8.7:1 | 37% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 122 | 12 | 10.2:1 | 36% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 123 | 13 | 9.5:1 | 25% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 165 | 13 | 12.7:1 | 20% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 179 | 10 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Darlington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (103 to 96); teachers down 7% (11.9 to 11).
About Darlington Elementary
Darlington Elementary is one of the public schools in Darlington, Maryland. It is a small elementary school. The school reports 96 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 80% smaller than the 481 average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Harford County Public Schools counts 37,771 students in its 55 schools, and Darlington Elementary is one of them.
White students make up 86% of enrollment at Darlington Elementary. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. In Harford County overall, about 73% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Darlington Elementary is 11 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 8.7:1. That is lower than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The school counts 41 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 43%.
allk12 grades Darlington Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Darlington Elementary is 49.0%. It actually posts 64.0%, which is 15.0 points higher and in the top 10% of Maryland schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Harford County, the median household income is $112,265, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Harford County is home to 55 public schools and about 37,771 public school students.
Conowingo Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Darlington Elementary holds 2 other public schools. Darlington Elementary ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.0% against a local average of 54.7%.
Darlington Elementary is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
The school's size has been steady, with 98 students in 2020-21 and 96 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
Nearby schools
- Conowingo Elementary3.4 mi · 379
- Dublin Elementary3.6 mi · 222
- Churchville Elementary5.7 mi · 364
- Bainbridge Elementary7.0 mi · 294
- Harford Technical High7.1 mi · 954
- Meadowvale Elementary7.2 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Darlington ElementaryHow large is Darlington Elementary?
Darlington Elementary enrolls approximately 96 students in grades KG-05.
Is Darlington Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Darlington Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Darlington Elementary have?
Darlington Elementary employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Darlington Elementary?
Student demographics at Darlington Elementary are roughly 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Darlington Elementary in?
Darlington Elementary is part of Harford County Public Schools.
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