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How has Hanover Hills Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
875
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042001749
Hanover Hills Elementary
7030 Banbury Drive, Hanover, MD 21076 · (410) 313-8066 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL875 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
376 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 70 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 153 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 146 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (146).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
50.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
35.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 42.9% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Hanover Hills Elementary
Hanover Hills Elementary's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Hills Elementary this school | 875 | 43.0% | 44.1% |
| Forest Ridge Elementary Laurel | 659 | 40.8% | 43.7% |
| Elkridge Elementary Elkridge | 798 | 45.9% | 47.4% |
| Vincent Farm Elementary White Marsh | 776 | 46.9% | 41.3% |
| Tuscarora Elementary Frederick | 793 | 46.9% | 58.1% |
| Westowne Elementary Catonsville | 635 | 56.5% | 45.2% |
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 Hanover Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #431 of 853 | #35 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #499 of 853 ▼ 127 | #38 of 42 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #411 of 853 ▼ 2 | #32 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 875 | #22 of 898 | #2 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #223 of 857 | #18 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #94 of 857 | #19 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #586 of 885 | #15 of 42 |
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
875
+101 (+13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 875 | 70.6 | 12.4:1 | 43% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 844 | 70.4 | 12.0:1 | 43% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 864 | 67.8 | 12.7:1 | 41% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 774 | 64 | 12.1:1 | 31% (237) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanover Hills Elementary.
About Hanover Hills Elementary
Hanover Hills Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Hanover, Maryland. There are 875 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 82% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Howard County Public Schools counts 57,565 students in its 77 schools, and Hanover Hills Elementary is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Hanover Hills Elementary, about 43 are Black, the largest group. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 11% White, and 7% multiracial. That is higher than the 20% Black share among all Howard County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
Staffing at Hanover Hills Elementary comes to 70.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.4:1. The school's 12.4:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Maryland. On the income side, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 16 points above the 27% average for public schools in Howard County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hanover Hills Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 44.1% actual against 48.8% predicted.
The school is in Howard County, where the median household earns about $149,763 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Howard County, 78 public schools serve about 57,565 students.
Thomas Viaduct Middle is the nearest public school to Hanover Hills Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Hanover Hills Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Hanover Hills Elementary is behind the 48.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Hanover Hills Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 13%.
The Hanover Hills Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Hanover
- Chesapeake Science PointCombined · 1,051 students
- Thomas Viaduct MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- Hebron - Harman ElementaryElementary · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Viaduct Middle0.1 mi · 758
- Chesapeake Science Point1.2 mi · 1,051
- Ducketts Lane Elementary1.2 mi · 573
- Elkridge Landing Middle1.9 mi · 686
- Elkridge Elementary2.0 mi · 798
- Deep Run Elementary2.6 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Hanover Hills ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hanover Hills Elementary?
Hanover Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 875 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hanover Hills Elementary serve?
Hanover Hills Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hanover Hills Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hanover Hills Elementary is approximately 12.4:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hanover Hills Elementary?
Student demographics at Hanover Hills Elementary are roughly 11% White, 20% Hispanic, 43% Black, 18% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Hanover Hills Elementary?
Hanover Hills Elementary is overseen by Howard County Public Schools in Howard County.
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