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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039000702
Jarrettsville Elementary
3818 Norrisville Rd, Jarrettsville, MD 21084 · (410) 692-7800 · Harford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- 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
15.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
66 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
66.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.7% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 60.7% |
% 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Jarrettsville Elementary
Jarrettsville Elementary's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrettsville Elementary this school | 467 | 14.1% | 62.0% |
| Bodkin Elementary Pasadena | 504 | 16.9% | 59.6% |
| Forest Hill Elementary Forest Hill | 451 | 15.7% | 72.6% |
| Mechanicsville Elementary Sykesville | 510 | 15.5% | 64.9% |
| North Bend Elementary Jarrettsville | 467 | 19.3% | 58.6% |
| Benfield Elementary Severna Park | 500 | 8.2% | 79.5% |
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 Jarrettsville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #195 of 853 | #15 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #185 of 853 ▼ 13 | #14 of 32 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #192 of 853 ▲ 62 | #15 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #456 of 898 | #19 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #584 of 857 | #18 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.4% | #730 of 857 | #27 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #837 of 885 | #31 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.9% | #109 of 294 | #6 of 18 |
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
467
+41 (+10%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 467 | 31.2 | 15.0:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 476 | 31.4 | 15.2:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 31.4 | 15.6:1 | 15% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 25.6 | 16.0:1 | 12% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 15% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 3% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 673 | 31 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jarrettsville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (410 to 467); teachers up 22% (25.6 to 31.2).
About Jarrettsville Elementary
Jarrettsville Elementary is an elementary school in Jarrettsville, Maryland, according to federal school records. It enrolled 467 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Jarrettsville Elementary is part of a district of 55 schools: Harford County Public Schools, with 37,771 students.
Jarrettsville Elementary enrolls a student body that is 84% White. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Census figures show Harford County is about 73% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Jarrettsville Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1 at Jarrettsville Elementary, with 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 14% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harford County is 39%.
The allk12 Grade for Jarrettsville Elementary is B-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Jarrettsville Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.0%, compared with a predicted 65.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Harford County, median household income is about $112,265, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Jarrettsville Elementary is among the 55 public schools in Harford County.
The nearest other public school, North Bend Elementary, is about 2.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Jarrettsville Elementary places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Jarrettsville Elementary as Rural: Fringe.
The student count in 2024-25 was 467, 10% above the 426 of 2020-21.
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Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
Nearby schools
- North Bend Elementary2.5 mi · 467
- Forest Hill Elementary5.5 mi · 451
- Youths Benefit Elementary5.6 mi · 1,151
- Forest Lakes Elementary5.9 mi · 447
- North Harford Middle6.6 mi · 849
- Red Pump Elementary School6.7 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About Jarrettsville ElementaryHow large is Jarrettsville Elementary?
Jarrettsville Elementary enrolls approximately 467 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jarrettsville Elementary serve?
Jarrettsville Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Jarrettsville Elementary?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Jarrettsville Elementary.
How diverse is Jarrettsville Elementary?
Jarrettsville Elementary reports a student body of 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Jarrettsville Elementary?
Jarrettsville Elementary is overseen by Harford County Public Schools in Harford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.