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What's the one class at Forest Lakes Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039000692
Forest Lakes Elementary
100 Osborne Pkwy, Forest Hill, MD 21050 · (410) 638-4262 · Harford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
95 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
72.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
63.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 63.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.2% | 57.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Forest Lakes Elementary
Forest Lakes Elementary's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Lakes Elementary this school | 447 | 21.3% | 66.0% |
| Middletown Elementary Middletown | 460 | 20.9% | 68.4% |
| Mount Airy Elementary Mount Airy | 462 | 19.7% | 63.9% |
| Fountain Green Elementary Bel Air | 443 | 22.8% | 69.5% |
| Fort Smallwood Elementary Pasadena | 397 | 23.2% | 47.5% |
| Myersville Elementary Myersville | 402 | 20.4% | 72.9% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Forest Lakes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #140 of 853 | #13 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #158 of 853 ▲ 50 | #12 of 32 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #128 of 853 ▼ 10 | #10 of 32 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #511 of 898 | #24 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #558 of 857 | #17 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.1% | #673 of 857 | #24 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #774 of 885 | #25 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #289 of 294 | #18 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
447
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 447 | 30.2 | 14.8:1 | 21% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 30.6 | 13.8:1 | 21% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 30.6 | 14.0:1 | 16% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 29.3 | 15.2:1 | 10% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 43 | 15.8:1 | 10% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 20 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Lakes Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (445 to 447); teachers up 3% (29.3 to 30.2).
About Forest Lakes Elementary
Forest Lakes Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school based in Forest Hill, Maryland. Enrollment is 447 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Harford County Public Schools has 37,771 students spread across 55 schools.
At 80%, White students outnumber all other groups at Forest Lakes Elementary combined. It is also 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Forest Lakes Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 35%.
A ratio of 14.8:1 comes from the school's 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 21% in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Harford County is 39%.
allk12 grades Forest Lakes Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Forest Lakes Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.0% and a predicted 61.6%.
Harford County census figures show that median household income is about $112,265, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Forest Lakes Elementary is among the 55 public schools in Harford County.
The closest public school, Forest Hill Elementary, is about 1.2 miles from Forest Lakes Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Forest Lakes Elementary places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Forest Lakes Elementary is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Forest Lakes Elementary had 429 students in 2020-21 and 447 in 2024-25, a 4% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.5:1 to 14.8:1 over the same years.
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Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
Other Forest Lakes Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Forest Lakes Elementary. Forest Lakes Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOLDSMAR, FL · 480 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Hill Elementary1.2 mi · 451
- Red Pump Elementary School1.7 mi · 696
- Hickory Elementary2.0 mi · 635
- Bel Air Elementary2.8 mi · 521
- C. Milton Wright High3.0 mi · 1,291
- Southampton Middle3.2 mi · 1,192
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Lakes ElementaryHow many students attend Forest Lakes Elementary?
Forest Lakes Elementary enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Forest Lakes Elementary serve?
Forest Lakes Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Forest Lakes Elementary?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Forest Lakes Elementary.
How diverse is Forest Lakes Elementary?
Forest Lakes Elementary reports a student body of 80% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Forest Lakes Elementary public or private?
Forest Lakes Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.