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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000467
Jacksonville Elementary
3400 Hillendale Heights Rd, Phoenix, MD 21131 · (410) 887-7880 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
17.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
41 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
78.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -9.8pp since 2023
Math
72.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 72.8% |
| 2023-24 | 87.8% | 78.9% |
% 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
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Jacksonville Elementary
Jacksonville Elementary's state test result (79.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Elementary this school | 533 | 7.7% | 79.4% |
| Benfield Elementary Severna Park | 500 | 8.2% | 79.5% |
| Sparks Elementary Sparks | 509 | 10.4% | 81.8% |
| Freedom District Elementary Sykesville | 627 | 12.4% | 72.5% |
| Folger Mckinsey Elementary Severna Park | 644 | 7.6% | 79.4% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Severna Park | 628 | 9.7% | 74.0% |
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 Jacksonville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #37 of 853 | #7 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #66 of 853 ▼ 36 | #10 of 109 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #72 of 853 ▼ 61 | #14 of 109 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #312 of 898 | #35 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #803 of 857 | #93 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #733 of 857 | #99 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #873 of 885 | #110 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #524 of 551 | #80 of 84 |
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
533
+53 (+11%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 533 | 31.2 | 17.1:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 29.8 | 16.9:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 29.7 | 16.9:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 3% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 32.2 | 16.7:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 2% (13) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacksonville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (539 to 533); teachers down 3% (32.2 to 31.2).
About Jacksonville Elementary
Federal records list Jacksonville Elementary as an elementary school in Phoenix, Maryland. Total enrollment is 533 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
Baltimore County Public Schools is the local district for Jacksonville Elementary. It runs 177 schools with 110,872 students.
At Jacksonville Elementary, 84% of students are White. It is also 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Baltimore County is roughly 53% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Jacksonville Elementary scores 29%.
There are 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is lower. Of all students at Jacksonville Elementary, 8% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Baltimore County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jacksonville Elementary lands at A, ahead of 90% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 69.7% for Jacksonville Elementary. The school posts 79.4%, 9.7 points above the prediction.
The school is in Baltimore County, where the median household earns about $91,768 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Baltimore County, 180 public schools serve about 110,872 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Carroll Manor Elementary, is about 2.1 miles. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Jacksonville Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 533, up from 480 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.0 to 17.1 over 4 years.
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Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other Jacksonville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Jacksonville Elementary. Jacksonville Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, AR · 733 students
- Jacksonville Elementary SchoolJacksonville, OR · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Carroll Manor Elementary2.1 mi · 371
- Warren Elementary3.7 mi · 381
- Dulaney High4.5 mi · 1,889
- Cockeysville Middle4.6 mi · 928
- Pot Spring Elementary4.9 mi · 434
- Padonia International Elementary5.2 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About Jacksonville ElementaryHow many students attend Jacksonville Elementary?
Jacksonville Elementary enrolls approximately 533 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jacksonville Elementary serve?
Jacksonville Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jacksonville Elementary?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Jacksonville Elementary.
How diverse is Jacksonville Elementary?
Jacksonville Elementary reports a student body of 84% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jacksonville Elementary in?
Jacksonville Elementary is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.