Elkton High

Elkton High is one of the mid-sized secondary schools in Elkton, Maryland, overseen by Cecil County Public Schools, with 1,050 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Cecil County Public Schools comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 14,853 students; Elkton High is among them.

On the student-mix side, Elkton High logs that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 28% Black, 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Cecil County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at Elkton High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Elkton High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -7.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cecil County) reports that median household income runs about $92,007, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cecil County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,853 students), of which Elkton High is one.

The closest other public school is Gilpin Manor Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elkton High at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 33.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 993 students in 2018 compared to 1,050 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 52% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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