Emmorton Elementary

Emmorton Elementary is one of the average-sized primary schools in Bel Air, Maryland, one of the schools within Harford County Public Schools, with 584 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Emmorton Elementary sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.

Harford County Public Schools comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 37,771 students; Emmorton Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Emmorton Elementary records that 57% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 13% Asian, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Harford County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Emmorton Elementary lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harford County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Emmorton Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 71.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Harford County indicate median household income runs about $112,265, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Harford County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), Emmorton Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Abingdon Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Emmorton Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

Emmorton Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 607 students in 2018 compared to 584 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 57% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.