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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 533 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240018000520
Denton Elementary School
303 Sharp Rd, Denton, MD 21629 · (410) 479-1660 · Caroline County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% 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.
- ABeats 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
11.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
372 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 47 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
65.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.4pp since 2023
Math
56.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +13.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 56.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 42.6% |
% 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 17 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 Denton Elementary School
Denton Elementary School's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denton Elementary School this school | 596 | 62.4% | 54.2% |
| Patuxent Appeal Elementary Campus Lusby | 641 | 59.8% | 53.7% |
| Williamsport Elementary Williamsport | 533 | 61.0% | 66.3% |
| Bay View Elementary North East | 506 | 62.6% | 27.0% |
| North East Elementary North East | 615 | 57.9% | 32.5% |
| High Point Elementary Pasadena | 665 | 58.0% | 33.1% |
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 Denton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #283 of 853 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #234 of 853 ▲ 141 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #209 of 853 ▲ 115 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #218 of 898 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #168 of 857 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #373 of 857 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #362 of 885 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #248 of 551 |
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
596
-38 (-6%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 596 | 50 | 11.9:1 | 62% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 49 | 13.1:1 | 56% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 61% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | 51 | 12.4:1 | 53% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 51 | 13.6:1 | 53% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 51% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 46 | 14.1:1 | 50% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 41% (228) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 38 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (694 to 596); teachers down 2% (51 to 50).
About Denton Elementary School
Denton Elementary School is an elementary school in Denton, Maryland, reachable at (410) 479-1660. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 596 students. On average, elementary schools in Maryland enroll around 481, and this school is 24% larger than that mark.
Caroline County Public Schools runs 9 schools with a combined 5,648 students. Denton Elementary School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Denton Elementary School, about 59 are White. The rest of enrollment is 15% Black, 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Caroline County, the White share is about 73%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Its ratio of 11.9:1 is based on 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. In all, 62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Denton Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Denton Elementary School is +16.9 points, in the top 10% of Maryland. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.2%, and the predicted rate is 37.3%.
Census data for Caroline County show the median household earns about $68,457 a year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Caroline County number 10, with about 5,648 students.
Denton Elementary School is about 1.4 miles from Lockerman Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Denton Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%.
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Caroline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,669
Census ACS
Median income
$68,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caroline County Public Schools
- North Caroline High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Greensboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 840 students
- Lockerman Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Colonel Richardson High SchoolHigh · 528 students
- Ridgely Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Federalsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other Denton Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Denton Elementary. Denton Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Denton ElementaryVisalia, CA · 648 students
- Denton ElementaryDenton, NC · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Lockerman Middle School1.4 mi · 827
- North Caroline High School2.7 mi · 1,238
- Ridgely Elementary School6.4 mi · 433
- Colonel Richardson High School8.0 mi · 528
- Colonel Richardson Middle School8.0 mi · 390
- Greensboro Elementary School8.0 mi · 840
Frequently asked questions
About Denton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Denton Elementary School?
Denton Elementary School enrolls approximately 596 students in grades PK-05.
Is Denton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Denton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Denton Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Denton Elementary School.
How diverse is Denton Elementary School?
Denton Elementary School reports a student body of 59% White, 10% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Denton Elementary School in?
Denton Elementary School is part of Caroline County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.