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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240021000531
Eldersburg Elementary
1021 Johnsville Road, Sykesville, MD 21784 · (410) 751-3520 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% 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.
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
15.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
76 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
36%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
73.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +13.2pp since 2023
Math
78.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 78.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 71.7% |
% 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Eldersburg Elementary
Eldersburg Elementary's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldersburg Elementary this school | 470 | 16.2% | 70.9% |
| Forest Hill Elementary Forest Hill | 451 | 15.7% | 72.6% |
| Kemptown Elementary Monrovia | 448 | 14.1% | 65.2% |
| Mount Airy Elementary Mount Airy | 462 | 19.7% | 63.9% |
| Arnold Elementary Arnold | 454 | 13.0% | 69.2% |
| Ring Factory Elementary Bel Air | 541 | 20.5% | 69.8% |
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 Eldersburg Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #92 of 853 | #5 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #34 of 853 ▲ 42 | #3 of 21 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #111 of 853 ▲ 136 | #3 of 21 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #452 of 898 | #16 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #610 of 857 | #13 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #665 of 857 | #12 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.2% | #823 of 885 | #18 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #253 of 294 | #19 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
470
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 786
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 470 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 33.1 | 14.4:1 | 18% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 32.3 | 14.7:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 33.3 | 13.8:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 29 | 22.6:1 | 4% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 786 | 34 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eldersburg Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (460 to 470); teachers down 7% (33.3 to 31).
About Eldersburg Elementary
Families in Sykesville, Maryland, are served by Eldersburg Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 470 students in pre-K through 5.
Eldersburg Elementary is one school in a 43-school district, Carroll County Public Schools, which enrolls 26,141 students.
At Eldersburg Elementary, White students make up 79% of the student body. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 15.2 students per teacher and 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Carroll County report 28%.
allk12 grades Eldersburg Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Eldersburg Elementary, the prediction is 64.7% and the result is 70.9%.
Carroll County has about 175,321 residents, and the median household income is $118,211, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides Eldersburg Elementary, Carroll County has 43 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Liberty High, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Eldersburg Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Eldersburg Elementary falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 459 to 470, a small change.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Eldersburg Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Sykesville
- Century HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
- Oklahoma Road MiddleMiddle · 816 students
- Linton Springs ElementaryElementary · 759 students
- Sykesville MiddleMiddle · 697 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty High0.4 mi · 1,007
- Piney Ridge Elementary0.6 mi · 578
- Freedom District Elementary1.0 mi · 627
- Oklahoma Road Middle1.5 mi · 816
- Carrolltowne Elementary1.7 mi · 593
- Linton Springs Elementary1.8 mi · 759
Frequently asked questions
About Eldersburg ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Eldersburg Elementary?
Eldersburg Elementary enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Eldersburg Elementary serve?
Eldersburg Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Eldersburg Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Eldersburg Elementary.
How diverse is Eldersburg Elementary?
Eldersburg Elementary reports a student body of 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Eldersburg Elementary?
Eldersburg Elementary is overseen by Carroll County Public Schools in Carroll County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.