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What advice would you give to incoming students at Hollifield Station Elementary?
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Enrollment
677
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000856
Hollifield Station Elementary
8701 Stonehouse Dr, Ellicott City, MD 21043 · (410) 313-2550 · Howard County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL677 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- 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
13.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
176 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
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
59.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
61.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +12.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.1% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 49.5% |
% 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Hollifield Station Elementary
Hollifield Station Elementary's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollifield Station Elementary this school | 677 | 26.0% | 59.0% |
| Veterans Elementary Ellicott City | 883 | 27.5% | 66.0% |
| Snowden Farm Elementary Clarksburg | 578 | 20.8% | 75.1% |
| Spark M. Matsunaga Elementary Germantown | 530 | 28.7% | 72.5% |
| Cabin Branch Elementary Clarksburg | 645 | 28.1% | 69.0% |
| Centennial Lane Elementary Ellicott City | 749 | 16.4% | 77.8% |
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 Hollifield Station Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #232 of 853 | #24 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #177 of 853 ▲ 113 | #18 of 42 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #305 of 853 ▼ 129 | #25 of 42 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 677 | #118 of 898 | #16 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #388 of 857 | #30 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #92 of 857 | #18 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #747 of 885 | #22 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #138 of 551 | #6 of 26 |
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
677
-91 (-12%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 725
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
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 | 677 | 49.6 | 13.7:1 | 26% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 27% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 732 | 52.7 | 13.9:1 | 30% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 768 | 52 | 14.8:1 | 18% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 856 | 57.9 | 14.8:1 | 21% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 779 | 54 | 14.4:1 | 20% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | 49 | 13.8:1 | 18% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 44 | 16.5:1 | 7% (49) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hollifield Station Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (856 to 677); teachers down 14% (57.9 to 49.6).
About Hollifield Station Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Hollifield Station Elementary serves students in Ellicott City, Maryland. Its 677 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students.
Hollifield Station Elementary reports to Howard County Public Schools, which has 77 schools and 57,565 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Hollifield Station Elementary is Asian (42%). Other groups include 21% White, 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 19% Asian. Hollifield Station Elementary has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 49.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.7:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. The school's lunch program data list 26% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 27% average for public schools in Howard County.
The allk12 Grade for Hollifield Station Elementary is B. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 58% 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 58.8% for Hollifield Station Elementary. The school posts 59.0%, within a point of the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Howard County show that median household income is about $149,763, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Hollifield Station Elementary is one of 78 public schools in Howard County, which together enroll about 57,565 students.
Of nearby public schools, Patapsco Middle is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Hollifield Station Elementary comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 677 was 12% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 768. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.7:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hollifield Station Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Ellicott City
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 1,377 students
- Veterans ElementaryElementary · 883 students
- Waverly ElementaryElementary · 827 students
- Bellows Spring ElementaryElementary · 806 students
Nearby schools
- Patapsco Middle0.3 mi · 670
- St. Johns Lane Elementary1.2 mi · 636
- Mount Hebron High1.2 mi · 1,455
- Waverly Elementary2.7 mi · 827
- Chadwick Elementary2.9 mi · 603
- Catonsville Middle3.1 mi · 818
Frequently asked questions
About Hollifield Station ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hollifield Station Elementary?
Hollifield Station Elementary enrolls approximately 677 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hollifield Station Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hollifield Station Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Hollifield Station Elementary?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Hollifield Station Elementary.
How diverse is Hollifield Station Elementary?
Hollifield Station Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, 42% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Hollifield Station Elementary?
Hollifield Station Elementary is overseen by Howard County Public Schools in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.