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If you had an hour of school board time for Deep Run Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
638
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042090448
Deep Run Elementary
6925 Old Waterloo Rd, Elkridge, MD 21075 · (410) 313-5000 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.6:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
345 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 | 58 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
67%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
49.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 47.2% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Deep Run Elementary
Deep Run Elementary's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Run Elementary this school | 638 | 54.1% | 45.6% |
| Rock View Elementary Kensington | 588 | 50.2% | 38.6% |
| Whetstone Elementary Gaithersburg | 711 | 56.3% | 36.8% |
| Glenallan Elementary Silver Spring | 679 | 61.7% | 43.7% |
| Goshen Elementary Gaithersburg | 494 | 55.9% | 49.6% |
| Rosemont Elementary Gaithersburg | 564 | 59.0% | 43.1% |
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 Deep Run Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #403 of 853 | #32 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #404 of 853 ▼ 83 | #33 of 42 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #437 of 853 ▲ 16 | #35 of 42 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #163 of 898 | #20 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #55 of 857 | #7 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #253 of 857 | #34 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #486 of 885 | #5 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #110 of 551 | #4 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
638
-42 (-6%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 638 | 60 | 10.6:1 | 54% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 61.8 | 10.9:1 | 56% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 61.4 | 11.8:1 | 60% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | 60 | 11.3:1 | 50% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 837 | 71.6 | 11.7:1 | 49% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 810 | 65 | 12.5:1 | 45% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 63 | 10.4:1 | 37% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 784 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 15% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 34 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deep Run Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (837 to 638); teachers down 16% (71.6 to 60).
About Deep Run Elementary
Deep Run Elementary is one of the public schools in Elkridge, Maryland. It is a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 638 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 33% larger than the average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
Deep Run Elementary is among 77 schools run by Howard County Public Schools, which serves 57,565 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Deep Run Elementary is 50%, a majority. It is also 19% Black, 16% White, 9% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Howard County is roughly 9% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 10.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Deep Run Elementary, which has 60. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 54%. That rate is above the 27% average among public schools in Howard County.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Deep Run Elementary outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Deep Run Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 45.6% actual against 42.2% predicted.
Howard County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $149,763, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Howard County's 78 public schools enroll about 57,565 students and include Deep Run Elementary.
Mayfield Woods Middle is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Deep Run Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Deep Run Elementary ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Deep Run Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 6%, from 680 to 638.
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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 Elkridge
- Elkridge ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Mayfield Woods MiddleMiddle · 731 students
- Elkridge Landing MiddleMiddle · 686 students
- Rockburn ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Ducketts Lane ElementaryElementary · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Mayfield Woods Middle0.9 mi · 731
- Bellows Spring Elementary1.4 mi · 806
- Waterloo Elementary1.7 mi · 666
- Long Reach High2.0 mi · 1,334
- Rockburn Elementary2.3 mi · 649
- Guilford Park High2.3 mi · 1,218
Frequently asked questions
About Deep Run ElementaryHow many students attend Deep Run Elementary?
Deep Run Elementary enrolls approximately 638 students in grades PK-05.
Is Deep Run Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deep Run Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Deep Run Elementary have?
Deep Run Elementary employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deep Run Elementary?
At Deep Run Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 50% Hispanic, 19% Black, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Deep Run Elementary public or private?
Deep Run Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Howard County Public Schools.
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