Friendsville Elementary

Set in Friendsville, Maryland, Friendsville Elementary is a very small primary school, operated by Garrett County Public Schools. It instructs 137 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 481.

Garrett County Public Schools comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 3,853 students; Friendsville Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Friendsville Elementary lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic. Compared to Garrett County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Friendsville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of +13.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Garrett County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,688 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Friendsville Elementary is one of 12 public schools in Garrett County (combined enrollment of about 3,853 students).

Northern Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Friendsville Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 148 students in 2018 compared to 137 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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