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What tradition at Greenwood Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSET COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240057001743
Greenwood Elementary School
11412 Dryden Road, Princess Anne, MD 21853 · (410) 651-0931 · Somerset County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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
15.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
418 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 134 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 25% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Greenwood Elementary School→Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Somerset County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
44.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 24.7% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary School this school | 507 | 82.4% | 34.9% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Baltimore | 499 | 83.2% | 18.1% |
| Magnolia Elementary Joppa | 545 | 88.1% | 26.4% |
| Sandy Hill Elementary Cambridge | 393 | 80.9% | 24.4% |
| Princess Anne Elementary School Princess Anne | 391 | 82.1% | N/A |
| Glen Avenue School Salisbury | 386 | 82.4% | 29.3% |
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 Greenwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #544 of 853 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #566 of 853 ▲ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #499 of 853 ▲ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #367 of 898 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #605 of 857 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #387 of 857 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #159 of 885 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #239 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
507
+53 (+12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 507 | 33.5 | 15.1:1 | 82% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 83% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 78% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 65% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 36.8 | 13.4:1 | 100% (492) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (492 to 507); teachers down 9% (36.8 to 33.5).
About Greenwood Elementary School
Among the schools in Princess Anne, Maryland, is Greenwood Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 507 students in grades 2 through 5.
The Somerset County Public Schools system has 7 schools and 2,901 students.
Greenwood Elementary School's enrollment is 59% Black. The next largest groups are 18% White, 11% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. In Somerset County overall, about 39% of residents are Black. Greenwood Elementary School has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 33.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.1:1. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 82%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Greenwood Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Greenwood Elementary School is 9.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 34.9% actual, 25.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
Census Bureau estimates for Somerset County show that median household income is about $64,943, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Greenwood Elementary School is one of 9 public schools in Somerset County, which together enroll about 2,901 students.
Princess Anne Elementary School is the public school closest to Greenwood Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Greenwood Elementary School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 454 in 2020-21 and 507 in 2024-25, a 12% gain. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.0:1 in 2020-21 to 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,822
Census ACS
Median income
$64,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,901 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Somerset County Public Schools
- Washington Academy and High SchoolHigh · 619 students
- Carter G Woodson ElementaryElementary · 512 students
- Princess Anne Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Somerset 6/7 Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 389 students
- Crisfield Academy and High SchoolHigh · 366 students
- Deal Island SchoolElementary · 117 students
Other schools in Princess Anne
- Washington Academy and High SchoolHigh · 619 students
- Princess Anne Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 27.
- Greenwood ElementaryBrookeville, MD · 534 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
Nearby schools
- Princess Anne Elementary School0.3 mi · 391
- Washington Academy and High School1.0 mi · 619
- Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School6.6 mi · 389
- Bennett Middle9.1 mi · 963
- Fruitland Primary9.8 mi · 445
- Fruitland Intermediate9.9 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 507 students in grades 02-05.
What age range does Greenwood Elementary School serve?
Greenwood Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Greenwood Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Greenwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School reports a student body of 18% White, 11% Hispanic, 59% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Greenwood Elementary School public or private?
Greenwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Somerset County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.