Jonathan Hager Elementary

Jonathan Hager Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in Hagerstown, Maryland, one of the schools within Washington County Public Schools, with 498 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Washington County Public Schools, which oversees 43 schools and 23,320 students, Jonathan Hager Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Jonathan Hager Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 27% White, 15% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Washington County (around 58%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Jonathan Hager Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.2%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of -1.1 points.

In the area at large, Washington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,747 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jonathan Hager Elementary is one of 44 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 23,320 students).

Nearest neighbor: Salem Avenue Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jonathan Hager Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 48.7%.

Jonathan Hager Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 22%: 408 students in 2018 compared to 498 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 27% across the same window.

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