Hollifield Station Elementary

Hollifield Station Elementary, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Ellicott City, Maryland, run under Howard County Public Schools, serves 677 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% above the state mean of about 481.

Within Howard County Public Schools, which oversees 77 schools and 57,565 students, Hollifield Station Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hollifield Station Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 21% White, 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hollifield Station Elementary has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Hollifield Station Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.8%, the actual is 59.0%, a residual of +0.1 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Howard County indicate median household earnings sit near $149,763, about 65% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Howard County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), of which Hollifield Station Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Patapsco Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hollifield Station Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hollifield Station Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Hollifield Station Elementary's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 856 (now 677). White enrollment moved from 26% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.