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Enrollment
798
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000728
Elkridge Elementary
7075 Montgomery Rd, Elkridge, MD 21075 · (410) 313-5006 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL798 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
14.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
366 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 54 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
55.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
46.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.4% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 43.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Elkridge Elementary
Elkridge Elementary's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkridge Elementary this school | 798 | 45.9% | 47.4% |
| Hanover Hills Elementary Hanover | 875 | 43.0% | 44.1% |
| Catonsville Elementary Catonsville | 653 | 48.5% | 51.0% |
| Westowne Elementary Catonsville | 635 | 56.5% | 45.2% |
| William B. Gibbs Jr. Elementary Germantown | 601 | 40.1% | 70.5% |
| Forest Ridge Elementary Laurel | 659 | 40.8% | 43.7% |
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 Elkridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #369 of 853 | #30 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #349 of 853 ▲ 16 | #29 of 42 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #351 of 853 ▲ 92 | #28 of 42 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 798 | #41 of 898 | #7 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #456 of 857 | #34 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #28 of 857 | #3 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #565 of 885 | #11 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #264 of 551 | #9 of 26 |
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
798
-21 (-3%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 798 | 56.6 | 14.1:1 | 46% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 810 | 55.2 | 14.7:1 | 43% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 805 | 56.5 | 14.3:1 | 40% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 819 | 54 | 15.2:1 | 27% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 919 | 63 | 14.6:1 | 25% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 808 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 21% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 848 | 55 | 15.4:1 | 15% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 815 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 9% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 29 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elkridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (919 to 798); teachers down 10% (63 to 56.6).
About Elkridge Elementary
Elkridge Elementary is an elementary school in Elkridge, Maryland, reachable at (410) 313-5006. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 798 students. That is 66% bigger than the average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
Besides Elkridge Elementary, Howard County Public Schools runs 76 other schools. The district enrolls 57,565 students.
At Elkridge Elementary, Black students make up the biggest share, 34%. The remaining students are 27% White, 22% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Howard County, the Black share is about 20%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 75, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 13.8:1. The school reported 46% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Howard County average 27%.
Elkridge Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 48% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.1% at Elkridge Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.4%.
The school's county is Howard County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $149,763 a year, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Howard County number 78, with about 57,565 students.
Elkridge Landing Middle is the nearest public school to Elkridge Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Elkridge Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Elkridge Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 3%. The school's ratio dropped from 15.2:1 to 14.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for Elkridge Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Elkridge
- Mayfield Woods MiddleMiddle · 731 students
- Elkridge Landing MiddleMiddle · 686 students
- Rockburn ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Deep Run ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- Ducketts Lane ElementaryElementary · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Elkridge Landing Middle0.1 mi · 686
- Ducketts Lane Elementary1.2 mi · 573
- Relay Elementary2.0 mi · 581
- Thomas Viaduct Middle2.0 mi · 758
- Hanover Hills Elementary2.0 mi · 875
- Rockburn Elementary2.1 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Elkridge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Elkridge Elementary?
Elkridge Elementary enrolls approximately 798 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Elkridge Elementary serve?
Elkridge Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Elkridge Elementary have?
Elkridge Elementary employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Elkridge Elementary?
Student demographics at Elkridge Elementary are roughly 27% White, 9% Hispanic, 34% Black, 22% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Elkridge Elementary in?
Elkridge Elementary is part of Howard County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.