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What's something Ebb Valley Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
563
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240021001652
Ebb Valley Elementary
3100 Swiper Road, Manchester, MD 21102 · (410) 386-1550 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- 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
15.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
154 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
67.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 65.7% |
% 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
65.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Ebb Valley Elementary
Ebb Valley Elementary's state test result (65.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebb Valley Elementary this school | 563 | 27.4% | 65.4% |
| Boonsboro Elementary Boonsboro | 514 | 30.7% | 69.4% |
| Matapeake Elementary School Stevensville | 472 | 25.2% | 64.3% |
| Showell Elementary Berlin | 638 | 32.3% | 71.7% |
| Sandymount Elementary Finksburg | 640 | 28.0% | 65.8% |
| Manchester Elementary Manchester | 671 | 31.6% | 66.2% |
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 Ebb Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #150 of 853 | #9 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #119 of 853 ▲ 3 | #10 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #185 of 853 ▲ 50 | #10 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #265 of 898 | #12 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #651 of 857 | #16 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.8% | #775 of 857 | #20 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #738 of 885 | #12 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #246 of 294 | #18 of 20 |
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
563
+36 (+7%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 563 | 36.3 | 15.5:1 | 27% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 36.9 | 15.5:1 | 26% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 38.6 | 14.1:1 | 28% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 21% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 35.5 | 15.5:1 | 20% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 21% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 16% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ebb Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (550 to 563); teachers up 2% (35.5 to 36.3).
About Ebb Valley Elementary
Ebb Valley Elementary is a public elementary school run by Carroll County Public Schools in Manchester, Maryland. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 563 students.
Carroll County Public Schools is the district for Ebb Valley Elementary. It has 43 schools and 26,141 students.
White students are 88% of those enrolled at Ebb Valley Elementary. Next come 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is in line with Carroll County, where about 86% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
A staff of 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.5:1. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 13.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 27%. That is in line with the 28% average for public schools in Carroll County.
Ebb Valley Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ebb Valley Elementary is +7.4 points: 65.4% actual, 58.0% predicted.
For the population of Carroll County, median household income comes to about $118,211, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Carroll County counts 44 public schools with about 26,141 students.
Manchester Elementary is the nearest public school to Ebb Valley Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Ebb Valley Elementary is ahead of the 56.0% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school grew from 527 students in 2020-21 to 563 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Ebb Valley Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,321
Census ACS
Median income
$118,211
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
26,141 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Westminster HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Manchester Valley HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Winters Mill HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
Other schools in Manchester
- Manchester Valley HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Manchester ElementaryElementary · 671 students
Nearby schools
- Manchester Elementary1.0 mi · 671
- Manchester Valley High1.7 mi · 1,339
- North Carroll Middle2.6 mi · 626
- Hampstead Elementary5.3 mi · 400
- Shiloh Middle5.6 mi · 631
- Manheim Elementary School6.3 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Ebb Valley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ebb Valley Elementary?
Ebb Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 563 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ebb Valley Elementary serve?
Ebb Valley Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ebb Valley Elementary?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Ebb Valley Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ebb Valley Elementary?
At Ebb Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ebb Valley Elementary in?
Ebb Valley Elementary is part of Carroll County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.