Emma K. Doub Elementary

Emma K. Doub Elementary, a small elementary-level community in Hagerstown, Maryland, overseen by Washington County Public Schools, serves 389 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Emma K. Doub Elementary is one of 43 schools operated by Washington County Public Schools, a district that works with 23,320 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Emma K. Doub Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 17% Black, 14% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Emma K. Doub Elementary shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at Emma K. Doub Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Emma K. Doub Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $77,747, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Washington County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,320 students), Emma K. Doub Elementary is one campus in the mix.

E. Russell Hicks Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Emma K. Doub Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Emma K. Doub Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 16%: 334 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 60% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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