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Hebron - Harman Elementary
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hebron - Harman Elementary
Hebron - Harman Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in Hanover, Maryland, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 459 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
Within Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which oversees 125 schools and 85,029 students, Hebron - Harman Elementary is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Hebron - Harman Elementary shows that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 30% Hispanic, 13% White, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Hebron - Harman Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at Hebron - Harman Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hebron - Harman Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.8%.
In the broader community, census data for Anne Arundel County shows median household earnings sit near $124,911, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Anne Arundel County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), Hebron - Harman Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Severn Elementary, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hebron - Harman Elementary. On composite proficiency, Hebron - Harman Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.
Hebron - Harman Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.
Looking at the recent track record. Hebron - Harman Elementary's enrollment has shrank 42% since 2018, when it stood at 789 (now 459). Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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