Enrollment
193
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240066001269
Hancock Elementary
290 W Main St, Hancock, MD 21750 · (301) 766-8178 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL193 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
126 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 20 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
17%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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
64.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +22.6pp since 2023
Math
45.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.4% | 45.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 41.8% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Hancock Elementary
Hancock Elementary's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Elementary this school | 193 | 65.3% | 48.4% |
| Grantsville Elementary Grantsville | 204 | 69.6% | 54.5% |
| Crellin Elementary Oakland | 152 | 65.8% | 51.3% |
| Westernport Elementary Westernport | 248 | 69.8% | 43.6% |
| Flintstone Elementary Flintstone | 223 | 57.0% | 57.1% |
| Cash Valley Elementary Lavale | 266 | 62.4% | 39.0% |
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 Hancock Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #355 of 853 | #15 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #359 of 853 ▲ 26 | #12 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #222 of 853 ▲ 255 | #6 of 24 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 193 | #862 of 898 | #23 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #336 of 885 | #10 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #121 of 551 | #1 of 11 |
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
193
-20 (-9%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 193 | 16.2 | 11.9:1 | 65% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 197 | 16.3 | 12.1:1 | 60% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 15.5 | 13.6:1 | 64% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 213 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 55% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 52% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 63% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 247 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 58% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 44% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hancock Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (249 to 193); teachers down 10% (18 to 16.2).
About Hancock Elementary
This page covers Hancock Elementary, a small elementary school in Hancock, Maryland. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 193 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students.
The district, Washington County Public Schools, operates 43 schools serving 23,320 students.
Most students at Hancock Elementary are White: 91% of enrollment. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Washington County is about 75% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Hancock Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
Hancock Elementary employs 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, higher than at this school. Hancock Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 65%.
The allk12 Grade for Hancock Elementary is B+. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.6% for Hancock Elementary. The school posts 48.4%, 12.8 points above the prediction.
Among Washington County residents, median household income is about $77,747, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Hancock Elementary is one of 44 public schools in Washington County, which together enroll about 23,320 students.
Hancock Middle Senior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Local comparison: Hancock Elementary ranks 2nd of 4 nearby schools, at 48.4% versus a 42.0% average.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 213 to 193.
Discussions about Hancock Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,709
Census ACS
Median income
$77,747
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
23,320 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington County Public Schools
- South Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,690 students
- North Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Williamsport HighHigh · 1,061 students
- Western Heights MiddleMiddle · 883 students
- E. Russell Hicks MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 841 students
Other Hancock Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Hancock Elementary. Hancock Elementary is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Hancock Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 749 students
- Hancock ElementarySan Diego, CA · 644 students
- Hancock Elementary SchoolNorristown, PA · 347 students
- HANCOCK ELEMENTARYHANCOCK, MN · 233 students
- HANCOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHANCOCK, NY · 93 students
Nearby schools
- Hancock Middle Senior High0.2 mi · 239
- Southern Fulton JSHS3.7 mi · 323
- Warm Springs Middle School4.6 mi · 425
- Warm Springs Intermediate School4.9 mi · 345
- Berkeley Springs High School6.0 mi · 582
- Widmyer Elementary6.3 mi · 484
Frequently asked questions
About Hancock ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hancock Elementary?
Hancock Elementary enrolls approximately 193 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hancock Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hancock Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hancock Elementary have?
Hancock Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Hancock Elementary?
Student demographics at Hancock Elementary are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hancock Elementary public or private?
Hancock Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.