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Which teacher or staff member at Fountain Green Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039000394
Fountain Green Elementary
517 Fountain Green Rd, Bel Air, MD 21015 · (410) 638-4220 · Harford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest 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
15.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
101 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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
41%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
82.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +14.4pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.2% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.8% | 59.7% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Fountain Green Elementary
Fountain Green Elementary's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Green Elementary this school | 443 | 22.8% | 69.5% |
| Forest Lakes Elementary Forest Hill | 447 | 21.3% | 66.0% |
| Middletown Elementary Middletown | 460 | 20.9% | 68.4% |
| Mount Airy Elementary Mount Airy | 462 | 19.7% | 63.9% |
| Middletown Primary Middletown | 463 | 23.5% | N/A |
| Fort Smallwood Elementary Pasadena | 397 | 23.2% | 47.5% |
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 Fountain Green Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #106 of 853 | #10 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #110 of 853 ▲ 72 | #7 of 32 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.2% | #40 of 853 ▲ 112 | #2 of 32 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #521 of 898 | #26 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #609 of 857 | #21 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #617 of 857 | #21 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #764 of 885 | #23 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #309 of 551 | #5 of 14 |
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
443
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 443 | 29.2 | 15.2:1 | 23% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 32.6 | 14.0:1 | 23% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 32.4 | 14.7:1 | 23% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 16% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 30.7 | 16.3:1 | 14% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 16% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 611 | 33 | 18.5:1 | 2% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fountain Green Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (500 to 443); teachers down 5% (30.7 to 29.2).
About Fountain Green Elementary
Students in Bel Air, Maryland, attend Fountain Green Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 443 students in pre-K through 5.
Fountain Green Elementary is run by Harford County Public Schools, whose 55 schools enroll 37,771 students.
A majority of students at Fountain Green Elementary, 76%, are White. The next largest groups are 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. County-wide, about 73% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Fountain Green Elementary comes in at 41%.
Teachers at the school number 29.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Harford County, the average is 39%.
allk12 grades Fountain Green Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Maryland schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Fountain Green Elementary's results are 8.8 points above predicted: 69.5% against 60.7%.
Within Harford County, median household income is about $112,265, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 55 public schools in Harford County, with a combined enrollment of about 37,771.
The closest public school to Fountain Green Elementary is Prospect Mill Elementary, about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles of Fountain Green Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Fountain Green Elementary is ahead of the 59.4% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
Federal data place Fountain Green Elementary in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 458 to 443.
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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 schools in Bel Air
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
- Bel Air MiddleMiddle · 1,080 students
- Homestead/Wakefield ElementaryElementary · 1,071 students
- Harford Technical HighHigh · 954 students
Nearby schools
- Prospect Mill Elementary1.2 mi · 579
- Harford Academy at Campus Hills1.4 mi · 141
- Harford Technical High1.5 mi · 954
- Southampton Middle1.6 mi · 1,192
- C. Milton Wright High2.0 mi · 1,291
- Homestead/Wakefield Elementary2.3 mi · 1,071
Frequently asked questions
About Fountain Green ElementaryHow many students attend Fountain Green Elementary?
Fountain Green Elementary enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Fountain Green Elementary serve?
Fountain Green Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fountain Green Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Fountain Green Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Fountain Green Elementary?
Student demographics at Fountain Green Elementary are roughly 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Fountain Green Elementary?
Fountain Green Elementary is overseen by Harford County Public Schools in Harford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.