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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Fountaindale Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240066001266
Fountaindale Elementary
901 Northern Ave, Hagerstown, MD 21742 · (301) 766-8156 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- A+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
15.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
235 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 54%
Community
4
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 | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
57.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -9.6pp since 2023
Math
52.3%
MD avg 34.8% . -13.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 52.3% |
| 2023-24 | 66.6% | 65.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Fountaindale Elementary
Fountaindale Elementary's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountaindale Elementary this school | 413 | 56.9% | 60.4% |
| Emma K. Doub Elementary Hagerstown | 389 | 58.1% | 52.3% |
| Robert Moton Elementary Westminster | 440 | 59.3% | 45.5% |
| Fruitland Primary Fruitland | 445 | 58.9% | N/A |
| Cecil Manor Elementary Elkton | 416 | 60.1% | 29.6% |
| Fruitland Intermediate Fruitland | 343 | 57.1% | 41.1% |
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 Fountaindale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #211 of 853 | #5 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #271 of 853 ▼ 148 | #11 of 24 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #330 of 853 ▼ 164 | #14 of 24 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #573 of 898 | #12 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #627 of 857 | #13 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #186 of 857 | #9 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #460 of 885 | #15 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #157 of 294 | #9 of 13 |
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
413
+54 (+15%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 413 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 57% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 54% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 54% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 42% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 26.2 | 14.6:1 | 38% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 46% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 62% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 49% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 24 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fountaindale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (382 to 413); teachers up 3% (26.2 to 27).
About Fountaindale Elementary
Fountaindale Elementary is a public elementary school in Hagerstown, Maryland. The school counts 413 students across pre-K through 5.
Fountaindale Elementary is part of Washington County Public Schools, where 43 schools serve 23,320 students.
The most common group at Fountaindale Elementary is White students, at 46%. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 12% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 75% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Fountaindale Elementary operates with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.3:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. About 57% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Washington County average 58%.
Fountaindale Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Fountaindale Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 19.9 points (60.4% versus 40.5%), a top-10% result in Maryland on BeatsExpectations.
Fountaindale Elementary is located in Washington County, where the median household income is $77,747, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Fountaindale Elementary is one of 44 public schools in the county.
Northern Middle is the public school closest to Fountaindale Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Fountaindale Elementary ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 60.4% versus a 43.0% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 413, a 15% increase from 359 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Fountaindale Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,709
Census ACS
Median income
$77,747
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
23,320 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington County Public Schools
- South Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,690 students
- North Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Williamsport HighHigh · 1,061 students
- Western Heights MiddleMiddle · 883 students
- E. Russell Hicks MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 841 students
Other schools in Hagerstown
- South Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,690 students
- North Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Western Heights MiddleMiddle · 883 students
- E. Russell Hicks MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Pangborn ElementaryElementary · 749 students
Nearby schools
- Northern Middle0.3 mi · 841
- North Hagerstown High0.5 mi · 1,583
- Western Heights Middle0.8 mi · 883
- Washington County Job Development Center0.8 mi · 38
- Marshall Street School0.8 mi · 47
- Salem Avenue Elementary1.3 mi · 713
Frequently asked questions
About Fountaindale ElementaryHow many students attend Fountaindale Elementary?
Fountaindale Elementary enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fountaindale Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fountaindale Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Fountaindale Elementary have?
Fountaindale Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Fountaindale Elementary?
Fountaindale Elementary reports a student body of 46% White, 20% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Fountaindale Elementary public or private?
Fountaindale Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.