Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 276 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240045000765
H. H. Garnett Elementary
320 Calvert St, Chestertown, MD 21620 · (410) 778-6890 · Kent County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
240 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Based on grade levels within Kent County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
47.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
39.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 39.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 34.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 H. H. Garnett Elementary
H. H. Garnett Elementary's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H. H. Garnett Elementary this school | 322 | 74.5% | 44.6% |
| Hurlock Elementary School Hurlock | 391 | 75.4% | 37.6% |
| Battle Grove Elementary Baltimore | 333 | 76.9% | 34.0% |
| Potomac Heights Elementary Hagerstown | 351 | 66.4% | 50.3% |
| Chase Elementary Baltimore | 366 | 69.4% | 39.1% |
| Seneca Elementary Baltimore | 344 | 66.0% | 27.9% |
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 H. H. Garnett Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #419 of 853 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #433 of 853 ▲ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #459 of 853 ▼ 173 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #722 of 898 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #169 of 857 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #153 of 857 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #227 of 885 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #386 of 551 |
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
322
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
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 | 322 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 75% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 27.6 | 11.9:1 | 100% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 29.6 | 11.7:1 | 100% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 52% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 26.5 | 13.3:1 | 54% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 256 | 22 | 11.6:1 | 71% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 236 | 19 | 12.4:1 | 66% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 278 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 51% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 19 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H. H. Garnett Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (351 to 322); teachers up 2% (26.5 to 27).
About H. H. Garnett Elementary
Among the schools in Chestertown, Maryland, is H. H. Garnett Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 322 students. Elementary schools in Maryland have about 481 students on average; enrollment here is 33% lower.
Kent County Public Schools has 1,694 students in 5 schools, and H. H. Garnett Elementary is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at H. H. Garnett Elementary, about 41 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 30% Black, 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Kent County is about 77% White. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at H. H. Garnett Elementary are from different groups.
The school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. Elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, H. H. Garnett Elementary outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
H. H. Garnett Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.5 points (44.6% versus 30.1%), a top-10% result in Maryland on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Kent County, median household income comes to about $80,147, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 5 public schools and about 1,694 students.
H. H. Garnett Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Kent County Middle School, its nearest public school. Within ten miles are 3 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, H. H. Garnett Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
The school's student count decreased 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The discussion board for H. H. Garnett Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Kent County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,346
Census ACS
Median income
$80,147
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,694 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kent County Public Schools
- Kent County HighHigh · 511 students
- Kent County Middle SchoolMiddle · 354 students
- Galena Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Rock Hall ElementaryElementary · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Kent County Middle School0.6 mi · 354
- Kent County High5.1 mi · 511
- Church Hill Elementary School6.6 mi · 329
- Rock Hall Elementary10.5 mi · 198
- Centreville Elementary School11.4 mi · 535
- Sudlersville Elementary School11.5 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About H. H. Garnett ElementaryHow many students attend H. H. Garnett Elementary?
H. H. Garnett Elementary enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-05.
Is H. H. Garnett Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
H. H. Garnett Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does H. H. Garnett Elementary have?
H. H. Garnett Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is H. H. Garnett Elementary?
H. H. Garnett Elementary reports a student body of 41% White, 15% Hispanic, 30% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is H. H. Garnett Elementary public or private?
H. H. Garnett Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kent County Public Schools.
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