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Enrollment
872
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000859
Fulton Elementary
11600 Scaggsville Rd, Fulton, MD 20759 · (410) 880-5957 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL872 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% 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
15.0:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
69 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 50 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
80.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
MD avg 34.8% . -13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 77.6% | 85.4% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Fulton Elementary
Fulton Elementary's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Elementary this school | 872 | 7.9% | 78.7% |
| Pointers Run Elementary Clarksville | 835 | 8.5% | 85.5% |
| Sugarloaf Elementary Frederick | 845 | 12.2% | 68.9% |
| Rockburn Elementary Elkridge | 649 | 12.3% | 79.2% |
| Dayton Oaks Elementary Dayton | 739 | 7.6% | 75.8% |
| Northfield Elementary Ellicott City | 764 | 17.5% | 70.3% |
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 Fulton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #40 of 853 | #6 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #77 of 853 ▼ 68 | #10 of 42 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #58 of 853 ▲ 5 | #7 of 42 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 872 | #23 of 898 | #3 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #590 of 857 | #39 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #76 of 857 | #13 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.9% | #871 of 885 | #40 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #533 of 551 | #25 of 26 |
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
872
+34 (+4%) vs 2020
+52% since 2000-01, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
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 | 872 | 58.1 | 15.0:1 | 8% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 866 | 56 | 15.5:1 | 8% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 879 | 58.2 | 15.1:1 | 7% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | 56 | 15.0:1 | 5% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 878 | 59 | 14.9:1 | 4% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | 51 | 14.8:1 | 4% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 4% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 3% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fulton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (878 to 872); teachers down 2% (59 to 58.1).
About Fulton Elementary
Fulton Elementary is a large elementary school serving families in Fulton, Maryland. It had 872 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Maryland enroll about 481 students on average.
Fulton Elementary is one school in Howard County Public Schools, a system of 77 schools with 57,565 students.
About 36% of students at Fulton Elementary are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 31% Asian, 17% Black, 11% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Among all residents of Howard County, the White share is about 47%. A diversity index of 73% means there is a 73% chance two randomly chosen students at Fulton Elementary are from different groups.
The school had 58.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 13.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 8%. That is 19 points below the 27% average for public schools in Howard County.
On the allk12 Grade, Fulton Elementary lands at A, ahead of 90% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Fulton Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.7% and a predicted 69.5%.
Howard County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $149,763 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Fulton Elementary shares Howard County with 77 other public schools.
Reservoir High, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Fulton Elementary places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Fulton Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 34 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Fulton Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Fulton
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Lime Kiln MiddleMiddle · 675 students
- Cedar Lane Special CenterCombined · 133 students
Other Fulton Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Fulton Elementary. Fulton Elementary is the largest of the 8.
- Fulton Elementary SchoolFULTON, TX · 619 students
- Fulton Elementary SchoolSpringfield, OH · 444 students
- Fulton Elementary SchoolFulton, IL · 421 students
- Fulton Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 321 students
- Fulton Elementary SchoolEphrata, PA · 297 students
Nearby schools
- Reservoir High0.2 mi · 1,597
- Lime Kiln Middle0.2 mi · 675
- Cedar Lane Special Center0.3 mi · 133
- Hammond Middle2.0 mi · 604
- Hammond Elementary2.0 mi · 763
- Clarksville Middle2.7 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About Fulton ElementaryHow many students attend Fulton Elementary?
Fulton Elementary enrolls approximately 872 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Fulton Elementary serve?
Fulton Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fulton Elementary?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Fulton Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Fulton Elementary?
Student demographics at Fulton Elementary are roughly 36% White, 5% Hispanic, 17% Black, 31% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Fulton Elementary?
Fulton Elementary is overseen by Howard County Public Schools in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.