Friendship Valley Elementary

Located at 1100 Gist Road, in Westminster, Maryland, Friendship Valley Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that teaches 518 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Carroll County Public Schools.

Within Carroll County Public Schools, which oversees 43 schools and 26,141 students, Friendship Valley Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Friendship Valley Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder looks like 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Friendship Valley Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Friendship Valley Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.3%, the actual is 61.2%, a residual of +5.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Carroll County shows median household income runs about $118,211, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Carroll County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,141 students), of which Friendship Valley Elementary is one.

PRIDE School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Friendship Valley Elementary has increased 4%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 518 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 81% to 76%.

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