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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Eastern Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
439
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240066000418
Eastern Elementary
1320 Yale Dr, Hagerstown, MD 21742 · (301) 766-8122 · Washington County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL439 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
327 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 149 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 154 | 35% |
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Washington County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
34.6%
MD avg 50.6% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
25.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 35.0% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Eastern Elementary
Eastern Elementary's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Elementary this school | 439 | 74.5% | 33.9% |
| Middlesex Elementary Baltimore | 448 | 80.4% | 25.0% |
| Sussex Elementary Baltimore | 475 | 78.9% | 27.5% |
| Freetown Elementary Glen Burnie | 530 | 72.1% | 40.8% |
| Gilpin Manor Elementary Elkton | 478 | 71.5% | 26.0% |
| Bakerfield Elementary Aberdeen | 460 | 68.0% | 54.1% |
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 Eastern Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #568 of 853 | #21 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #658 of 853 ▼ 181 | #23 of 24 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #645 of 853 ▼ 149 | #21 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #526 of 898 | #11 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #347 of 857 | #4 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #38 of 857 | #3 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #228 of 885 | #5 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #418 of 551 | #5 of 11 |
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
439
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 439 | 32.7 | 13.4:1 | 74% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 32.7 | 13.4:1 | 82% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 32.2 | 13.4:1 | 85% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 80% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 100% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 71% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 36 | 14.0:1 | 63% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 46% (264) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastern Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (471 to 439); teachers down 1% (33 to 32.7).
About Eastern Elementary
Eastern Elementary is an elementary school in Hagerstown, Maryland, according to federal school records. The student body numbers 439 students, from grades 3 through 5.
Washington County Public Schools is made up of 43 schools with 23,320 students in all.
Eastern Elementary has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 34%. Other students are 24% White, 24% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Washington County residents are about 12% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.4 students per teacher. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 74% of students. That is 16 points above the 58% average for public schools in Washington County.
The allk12 Grade for Eastern Elementary is C+. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.1% for Eastern Elementary. The school posts 33.9%, 3.7 points above the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Washington County, the median household income is $77,747, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Eastern Elementary is one of 44 public schools in the county.
Ruth Ann Monroe Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Eastern Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 33.9% is below the 42.7% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 21 more students in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Eastern Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,709
Census ACS
Median income
$77,747
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
23,320 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington County Public Schools
- South Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,690 students
- North Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Williamsport HighHigh · 1,061 students
- Western Heights MiddleMiddle · 883 students
- E. Russell Hicks MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 841 students
Other schools in Hagerstown
- South Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,690 students
- North Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Western Heights MiddleMiddle · 883 students
- E. Russell Hicks MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Pangborn ElementaryElementary · 749 students
Other Eastern Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Eastern Elementary. Eastern Elementary is the 7th largest of the 10.
- Eastern ElementaryGreenville, NC · 833 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolGreentown, IN · 727 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolGeorgetown, KY · 535 students
- Eastern Elementary SchoolLexington, OH · 504 students
- Eastern ElementaryWashington, NC · 484 students
Nearby schools
- Ruth Ann Monroe Primary0.1 mi · 579
- Pangborn Elementary1.0 mi · 749
- Bester Elementary1.6 mi · 490
- Barbara Ingram School for the Arts1.9 mi · 347
- South Hagerstown High2.1 mi · 1,690
- Emma K. Doub Elementary2.1 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Eastern ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Eastern Elementary?
Eastern Elementary enrolls approximately 439 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Eastern Elementary serve?
Eastern Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Eastern Elementary have?
Eastern Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Eastern Elementary?
Eastern Elementary reports a student body of 24% White, 24% Hispanic, 34% Black, 3% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Eastern Elementary public or private?
Eastern Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.