G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale

Located at 810 Edmund St, in Aberdeen, Maryland, G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that serves 528 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Harford County Public Schools.

G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale is one of 55 schools operated by Harford County Public Schools, a district that caters to 37,771 students overall.

Looking at the student body, G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale lists that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% White, 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harford County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Harford County shows the typical household earns roughly $112,265 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harford County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale is one campus in the mix.

Bakerfield Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale has rose 27%, going from 417 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 38% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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