Forest Hill Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Forest Hill, Maryland, Forest Hill Elementary educates 451 students from grades K through 5, operated by Harford County Public Schools.

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

On demographics, Forest Hill Elementary lists that 80% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Forest Hill Elementary records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 16% of students at Forest Hill Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Harford County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, Forest Hill Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.9%, the actual is 72.6%, a residual of +7.7 points.

In the broader community, Harford County reports that median household income runs about $112,265, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Harford County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), Forest Hill Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Forest Lakes Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Forest Hill Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 59.3%.

Forest Hill Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Forest Hill Elementary's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 451). The White share of enrollment fell from 86% to 80% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Forest Hill Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.