Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary

Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary operates as a mid-sized primary school in Union Bridge, Maryland, run under Carroll County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 502 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 43 schools in Carroll County Public Schools (26,141 students total), Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Carroll County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 44% of students at Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Carroll County's rate of about 28%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Carroll County put median household income runs about $118,211, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Carroll County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,141 students), of which Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary is one.

Francis Scott Key High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary's enrollment has increased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 502). The White share of enrollment declined from 90% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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