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Havre de Grace Elementary

600 Juniata St, Havre De Grace, MD 21078 · (410) 939-6616 · Harford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 481
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
293 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K8314%
Kindergarten6311%
Grade 19216%
Grade 28013%
Grade 310317%
Grade 48715%
Grade 58514%

This year's kindergarten class (63) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).

Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 73% · US 70%
White
26945%
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 31% · US 43%
Hispanic
6711%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 24% · US 30%
Black
16728%
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 32% · US 15%
Asian
153%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7% · US 6%
Two+
7212%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
30551%
Female
28849%

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Test scores

MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)
English Language Arts
48.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
40.6%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.8pp 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 41 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.

MCAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2548.0%40.6%
2023-2439.1%47.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Havre de Grace Elementary

Havre de Grace Elementary's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Havre de Grace Elementary this school59349.4%43.8%
Abingdon Elementary
Abingdon
64146.5%52.2%
Buckingham Elementary
Berlin
51848.5%62.9%
Rockland Woods Elementary
Hagerstown
65547.9%50.4%
Villa Cresta Elementary
Baltimore
60952.9%37.5%
North Salisbury Elementary
Salisbury
52649.0%61.6%
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 Havre de Grace Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MarylandIn Harford County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
43.8%#433 of 853#23 of 32
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
40.6%#424 of 853
▼ 107
#23 of 32
▼ 3
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#455 of 853
▲ 65
#24 of 32
▲ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
593#222 of 898#9 of 33
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.4:1#641 of 857#22 of 32
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
68.7%#221 of 857#8 of 32
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
49.4%#525 of 885#12 of 32
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+21.0%#75 of 294#3 of 18
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 2024-25
Enrollment
593
+18 (+3%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2559338.415.4:149% (293)
2023-2460338.115.8:158% (347)
2022-2356635.915.8:155% (314)
2020-215753516.4:153% (306)
2017-1849030.716.0:159% (291)
2015-164502716.7:163% (285)
2010-114243312.8:168% (290)
2000-014703214.7:159% (277)
1990-915222918.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Havre de Grace Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students up 21% (490 to 593); teachers up 25% (30.7 to 38.4).

About Havre de Grace Elementary

Havre de Grace Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Havre De Grace, Maryland, under Harford County Public Schools. Enrollment totals 593 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average enrollment is about 481.

The district for Havre de Grace Elementary is Harford County Public Schools, with 55 schools and 37,771 students.

About 45% of students at Havre de Grace Elementary are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 28% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Harford County, the White share is about 73%. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Havre de Grace Elementary are from different groups.

Its ratio of 15.4:1 is based on 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harford County is 39%.

Among Maryland public elementary schools, Havre de Grace Elementary outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.

The BeatsExpectations prediction for Havre de Grace Elementary is 45.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.8%.

For the population of Harford County, the median household earns about $112,265 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Havre de Grace Elementary shares Harford County with 54 other public schools.

Among nearby public schools, Havre de Grace High is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Havre de Grace Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.

Federal data place Havre de Grace Elementary in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 593, up from 575 in 2020-21.

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Harford County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Havre de Grace Elementary
District
Harford County Public Schools
Address
600 Juniata St, Havre De Grace, MD 21078
Phone
(410) 939-6616
County
Harford County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
593
Teachers (FTE)
38
Student–teacher ratio
15.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
293 (49%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
240039000695
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Havre de Grace Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Havre de Grace Elementary?
Havre de Grace Elementary enrolls approximately 593 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Havre de Grace Elementary serve?
Havre de Grace Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Havre de Grace Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Havre de Grace Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Havre de Grace Elementary?
Student demographics at Havre de Grace Elementary are roughly 45% White, 11% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Havre de Grace Elementary public or private?
Havre de Grace 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.
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