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Alumni: what's one memory from Deer Crossing Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033000847
Deer Crossing Elementary
10601 Finn Dr, New Market, MD 21774 · (227) 203-1760 · Frederick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
102 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
75.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
76.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +19.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 76.2% |
| 2023-24 | 68.2% | 57.1% |
% 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
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Deer Crossing Elementary
Deer Crossing Elementary's state test result (69.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Crossing Elementary this school | 528 | 19.3% | 69.1% |
| Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary Leonardtown | 516 | 19.8% | 63.9% |
| New Market Elementary New Market | 571 | 19.8% | 73.5% |
| Belvedere Elementary Arnold | 542 | 21.6% | 67.1% |
| Ring Factory Elementary Bel Air | 541 | 20.5% | 69.8% |
| Mount Airy Elementary Mount Airy | 462 | 19.7% | 63.9% |
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 Deer Crossing Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #111 of 853 | #8 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #45 of 853 ▲ 162 | #2 of 39 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #103 of 853 ▲ 45 | #11 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #323 of 898 | #23 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #576 of 857 | #15 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #577 of 857 | #28 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.3% | #800 of 885 | #36 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.0% | #50 of 551 | #3 of 17 |
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
528
-285 (-35%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 803
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 528 | 35.4 | 14.9:1 | 19% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 57.7 | 9.2:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 32.6 | 15.5:1 | 16% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 51 | 15.9:1 | 6% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 777 | 45 | 17.3:1 | 7% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 6% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 7% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 803 | 44 | 18.3:1 | 4% (29) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Crossing Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (777 to 528); teachers down 21% (45 to 35.4).
About Deer Crossing Elementary
Deer Crossing Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in New Market, Maryland. In all, 528 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
The Frederick County Public Schools system has 67 schools and 48,054 students.
At Deer Crossing Elementary, 72% of students are White. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 45%.
The school lists 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 19% of the student body. Public schools in Frederick County average 37%.
Deer Crossing Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The model predicts 62.8% for a school in Maryland with Deer Crossing Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Deer Crossing Elementary posts 69.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Frederick County show that median household income comes to about $122,002, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 69, with about 48,054 students.
Oakdale High is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Deer Crossing Elementary's average proficiency of 69.1% compares with 62.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 813 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 528 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 15.9:1 to 14.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
Other schools in New Market
- Blue Heron ElementaryElementary · 680 students
- New Market MiddleMiddle · 676 students
- New Market ElementaryElementary · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Oakdale High1.1 mi · 1,702
- New Market Middle1.5 mi · 676
- Oakdale Elementary1.5 mi · 1,167
- New Market Elementary1.6 mi · 571
- Oakdale Middle1.6 mi · 1,085
- Blue Heron Elementary1.7 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Crossing ElementaryHow many students attend Deer Crossing Elementary?
Deer Crossing Elementary enrolls approximately 528 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Deer Crossing Elementary serve?
Deer Crossing Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deer Crossing Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deer Crossing Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deer Crossing Elementary?
At Deer Crossing Elementary, the student body is approximately 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Deer Crossing Elementary?
Deer Crossing Elementary is overseen by Frederick County Public Schools in Frederick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.