Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240066001271
Hickory Elementary
11101 Hickory School Rd, Williamsport, MD 21795 · (301) 766-8198 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
- C+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
13.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
252 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 | 24 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
61%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
28.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
29.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 30.5% | 25.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Hickory Elementary
Hickory Elementary's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Elementary this school | 326 | 77.3% | 28.5% |
| Richard Henry Lee Elementary Glen Burnie | 378 | 75.4% | 26.6% |
| Glendale Elementary Glen Burnie | 438 | 76.9% | 41.1% |
| Woodside Elementary Glen Burnie | 330 | 83.9% | 32.3% |
| Germantown Elementary Annapolis | 467 | 75.6% | 29.6% |
| Sudlersville Elementary School Sudlersville | 315 | 69.5% | 28.6% |
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 Hickory Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #665 of 853 | #23 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #597 of 853 ▲ 11 | #20 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #737 of 853 ▼ 85 | #23 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #719 of 898 | #20 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #416 of 857 | #6 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #360 of 857 | #14 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.3% | #201 of 885 | #3 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #159 of 294 | #10 of 13 |
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
326
+29 (+10%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 326 | 23.7 | 13.8:1 | 77% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 334 | 23.2 | 14.4:1 | 87% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 86% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 67% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 17.9 | 16.9:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 264 | 19 | 13.9:1 | 92% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 71% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 266 | 18 | 14.8:1 | 39% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 17 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hickory Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (302 to 326); teachers up 33% (17.9 to 23.7).
About Hickory Elementary
Hickory Elementary is a public elementary school run by Washington County Public Schools in Williamsport, Maryland. The school serves 326 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Maryland) has about 481 students.
District-wide, Washington County Public Schools has 43 schools and 23,320 students.
Roughly 51% of students at Hickory Elementary are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 35% White, 9% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Washington County, the Hispanic share is about 8%. Hickory Elementary's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 23.7 full-time equivalents, or about 13.8 students per teacher. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 77%. Compared with the 58% average for public schools in Washington County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Hickory Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Hickory Elementary is 28.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Washington County show that the median household income is $77,747, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 44 public schools in Washington County, enrolling about 23,320 students in all.
Nearby, Lincolnshire Elementary is about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 43.0% on proficiency, and Hickory Elementary is below that at 28.5%.
Locale data from NCES put Hickory Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 29 more students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.8:1 to 13.8:1.
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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 schools in Williamsport
- Williamsport HighHigh · 1,061 students
- Springfield MiddleMiddle · 808 students
- Williamsport ElementaryElementary · 533 students
Other Hickory Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Hickory Elementary. Hickory Elementary is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Hickory ElementaryBel Air, MD · 635 students
- Hickory ElementaryTorrance, CA · 847 students
- Hickory ElementaryChesapeake, VA · 695 students
- Hickory Elementary SchoolAvon, IN · 589 students
Nearby schools
- Lincolnshire Elementary0.9 mi · 503
- Boyd J. Michael III Technical High School2.2 mi · 548
- Williamsport Elementary2.2 mi · 533
- South Hagerstown High2.3 mi · 1,690
- E. Russell Hicks Middle2.3 mi · 841
- Williamsport High2.4 mi · 1,061
Frequently asked questions
About Hickory ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hickory Elementary?
Hickory Elementary enrolls approximately 326 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hickory Elementary serve?
Hickory Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hickory Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hickory Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hickory Elementary?
At Hickory Elementary, the student body is approximately 35% White, 51% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Hickory Elementary in?
Hickory Elementary is part of Washington County Public Schools.
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