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What's the most underrated thing about Holly Hall Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240024000570
Holly Hall Elementary
233 White Hall Rd, Elkton, MD 21921 · (410) 996-5050 · Cecil County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% 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.
- DBeats 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
13.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
301 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 59 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
25.6%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.6% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 26.4% |
% 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Holly Hall Elementary
Holly Hall Elementary's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Hall Elementary this school | 432 | 69.7% | 25.4% |
| Thomson Estates Elementary Elkton | 456 | 66.4% | 18.9% |
| Lincolnshire Elementary Hagerstown | 503 | 69.2% | 36.4% |
| Grange Elementary Baltimore | 483 | 71.6% | 29.7% |
| Essex Elementary Baltimore | 481 | 70.5% | 29.2% |
| Gilpin Manor Elementary Elkton | 478 | 71.5% | 26.0% |
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 Holly Hall Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Cecil County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #712 of 853 | #16 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #723 of 853 ▼ 127 | #15 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #768 of 853 ▼ 81 | #15 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #543 of 898 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #371 of 857 | #4 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #161 of 857 | #4 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #277 of 885 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #216 of 551 | #3 of 12 |
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
432
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 432 | 31.9 | 13.5:1 | 70% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 33.4 | 13.3:1 | 72% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 30.9 | 14.1:1 | 74% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 58% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 100% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 38 | 17.1:1 | 67% (438) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 58% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 32% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 16 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holly Hall Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (512 to 432); teachers down 14% (37 to 31.9).
About Holly Hall Elementary
Holly Hall Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Elkton, Maryland. The school reports 432 students in pre-K through 5.
Holly Hall Elementary is run by Cecil County Public Schools, whose 28 schools enroll 14,853 students.
The most common group at Holly Hall Elementary is White students, at 44%. Other groups include 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 17% multiracial. The county population is about 82% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 31.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Holly Hall Elementary is 70%. For comparison, public schools in Cecil County average 51%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Holly Hall Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Holly Hall Elementary is 33.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.4%.
Within Cecil County, the median household income is $92,007, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Holly Hall Elementary, Cecil County has 28 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Thomson Estates Elementary, at about 1.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Holly Hall Elementary places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 42 students since 2020-21, to 432.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Holly Hall Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cecil County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,960
Census ACS
Median income
$92,007
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
14,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cecil County Public Schools
- Rising Sun HighHigh · 1,074 students
- North East HighHigh · 1,057 students
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Perryville HighHigh · 858 students
- North East MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- North East ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other schools in Elkton
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Elkton MiddleMiddle · 538 students
- Gilpin Manor ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Thomson Estates ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Elk Neck ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- Cecil Manor ElementaryElementary · 416 students
Nearby schools
- Thomson Estates Elementary1.5 mi · 456
- Gilpin Manor Elementary1.9 mi · 478
- Elkton Middle2.0 mi · 538
- Elkton High2.2 mi · 1,050
- Brader (Henry M.) Elementary School4.3 mi · 324
- Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High School4.4 mi · 1,104
Frequently asked questions
About Holly Hall ElementaryHow many students attend Holly Hall Elementary?
Holly Hall Elementary enrolls approximately 432 students in grades PK-05.
Is Holly Hall Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holly Hall Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Holly Hall Elementary have?
Holly Hall Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Holly Hall Elementary?
At Holly Hall Elementary, the student body is approximately 44% White, 19% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Holly Hall Elementary public or private?
Holly Hall Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cecil County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.