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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Greensboro Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
840
Elementary
DISTRICT 533 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAROLINE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240018000522
Greensboro Elementary School
625 N Main St, Greensboro, MD 21639 · (410) 479-3885 · Caroline County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL840 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+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
12.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
644 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 106 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
42.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.3% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 30.8% |
% 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Greensboro Elementary School
Greensboro Elementary School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro Elementary School this school | 840 | 76.7% | 38.4% |
| Easton Elementary Easton | 1,075 | 75.2% | 34.0% |
| Dundalk Elementary Baltimore | 757 | 75.3% | 17.8% |
| Pangborn Elementary Hagerstown | 749 | 76.0% | 35.4% |
| Berkshire Elementary Baltimore | 514 | 73.3% | 21.4% |
| Lansdowne Elementary Baltimore | 603 | 72.1% | 21.1% |
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 Greensboro Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #496 of 853 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #377 of 853 ▲ 162 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #532 of 853 ▲ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 840 | #30 of 898 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #284 of 857 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #399 of 857 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #208 of 885 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #233 of 294 |
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
840
+101 (+14%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 840 | 65 | 12.9:1 | 77% (644) |
| 2023-24 | 840 | 64 | 13.1:1 | 69% (582) |
| 2022-23 | 785 | 60 | 13.1:1 | 81% (637) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 60 | 12.3:1 | 74% (547) |
| 2017-18 | 814 | 56.6 | 14.4:1 | 71% (578) |
| 2015-16 | 777 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 71% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 53 | 13.1:1 | 66% (454) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | 45 | 16.3:1 | 50% (369) |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 34 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greensboro Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (814 to 840); teachers up 15% (56.6 to 65).
About Greensboro Elementary School
In Greensboro, Maryland, part of Caroline County, Greensboro Elementary School is an elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 840 students. That is 75% larger than the average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
Greensboro Elementary School is one school in a 9-school district, Caroline County Public Schools, which enrolls 5,648 students.
More than half of enrollment at Greensboro Elementary School is Hispanic: 50%. Next come 40% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 9% Hispanic. The diversity index for Greensboro Elementary School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Greensboro Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1, with 65 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. The school has 77% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 66% for public schools in Caroline County.
Greensboro Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 55% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 28.9% at Greensboro Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.4%.
In the surrounding county, Caroline County, the median household earns about $68,457 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Caroline County has 10 public schools with about 5,648 students, including Greensboro Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Ridgely Elementary School is about 4.9 miles from Greensboro Elementary School. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within ten miles. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Greensboro Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Greensboro Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The school grew from 739 students in 2020-21 to 840 in 2024-25.
Greensboro Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Caroline County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,669
Census ACS
Median income
$68,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caroline County Public Schools
- North Caroline High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Lockerman Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Denton Elementary SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Colonel Richardson High SchoolHigh · 528 students
- Ridgely Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Federalsburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other Greensboro Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Greensboro Elementary. Greensboro Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Greensboro Elementary SchoolGreensboro, AL · 519 students
- GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLQUINCY, FL · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgely Elementary School4.9 mi · 433
- North Caroline High School5.6 mi · 1,238
- Lockerman Middle School6.6 mi · 827
- Denton Elementary School8.0 mi · 596
- Lake Forest South Elementary School12.3 mi · 407
- Chipman (W.T.) Middle School12.4 mi · 905
Frequently asked questions
About Greensboro Elementary SchoolHow large is Greensboro Elementary School?
Greensboro Elementary School enrolls approximately 840 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Greensboro Elementary School serve?
Greensboro Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greensboro Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greensboro Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Greensboro Elementary School?
At Greensboro Elementary School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 50% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Greensboro Elementary School in?
Greensboro Elementary School is part of Caroline County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.