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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039000693
Halls Cross Roads Elementary
203 E Bel Air Ave, Aberdeen, MD 21001 · (410) 273-5524 · Harford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- 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
10.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
365 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 57 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
43.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.7% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 35.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% 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 14 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 Halls Cross Roads Elementary
Halls Cross Roads Elementary's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halls Cross Roads Elementary this school | 425 | 85.9% | 37.7% |
| Hawthorne Elementary Baltimore | 499 | 83.2% | 18.1% |
| Bester Elementary Hagerstown | 490 | 84.7% | 18.9% |
| Sandy Hill Elementary Cambridge | 393 | 80.9% | 24.4% |
| Middlesex Elementary Baltimore | 448 | 80.4% | 25.0% |
| Princess Anne Elementary School Princess Anne | 391 | 82.1% | N/A |
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 Halls Cross Roads Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #505 of 853 | #27 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #438 of 853 ▲ 29 | #24 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #506 of 853 ▲ 121 | #28 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #553 of 898 | #28 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #43 of 857 | #1 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #177 of 857 | #6 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.9% | #135 of 885 | #2 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #211 of 551 | #2 of 14 |
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
425
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 425 | 40.7 | 10.4:1 | 86% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 39.5 | 11.2:1 | 88% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 38.5 | 11.8:1 | 90% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 36 | 11.9:1 | 85% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 35.5 | 14.2:1 | 82% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 78% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 79% (388) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 67% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 32 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Halls Cross Roads Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (504 to 425); teachers up 15% (35.5 to 40.7).
About Halls Cross Roads Elementary
Halls Cross Roads Elementary is an elementary school in Aberdeen, Maryland, and it is part of Harford County Public Schools. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 425 students in 2024-25.
Harford County Public Schools has 37,771 students in 55 schools, and Halls Cross Roads Elementary is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at Halls Cross Roads Elementary; the largest is Black, at 45%. Other reported shares: 21% White, 19% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Harford County's residents are about 14% Black, 31 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
Halls Cross Roads Elementary has 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1. At Halls Cross Roads Elementary, 86% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 47 points above the 39% average for public schools in Harford County.
On the allk12 Grade, Halls Cross Roads Elementary lands at B, ahead of 62% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Halls Cross Roads Elementary scores 14.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 37.7% actual versus 23.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Harford County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $112,265, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 55 public schools in the county, enrolling about 37,771, Halls Cross Roads Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, Aberdeen Middle is closest at about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Halls Cross Roads Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 429 to 425. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.4:1.
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Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
Other schools in Aberdeen
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Aberdeen MiddleMiddle · 1,071 students
- G. Lisby Elementary at HillsdaleElementary · 528 students
- Bakerfield ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Swan Creek SchoolCombined · 368 students
- Center for Educational OpportunityHigh · 122 students
Nearby schools
- Aberdeen Middle0.9 mi · 1,071
- Bakerfield Elementary1.0 mi · 460
- Aberdeen High1.1 mi · 1,396
- Swan Creek School1.2 mi · 368
- Center for Educational Opportunity1.2 mi · 122
- G. Lisby Elementary at Hillsdale1.3 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Halls Cross Roads ElementaryHow large is Halls Cross Roads Elementary?
Halls Cross Roads Elementary enrolls approximately 425 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Halls Cross Roads Elementary serve?
Halls Cross Roads Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Halls Cross Roads Elementary?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Halls Cross Roads Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Halls Cross Roads Elementary?
Student demographics at Halls Cross Roads Elementary are roughly 21% White, 19% Hispanic, 45% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Halls Cross Roads Elementary public or private?
Halls Cross Roads Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.