Laurel Woods Elementary

Laurel Woods Elementary, an average-sized primary school in Laurel, Maryland, part of Howard County Public Schools, enrolls 625 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Laurel Woods Elementary sits 30% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 77 schools in Howard County Public Schools (57,565 students total), Laurel Woods Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Laurel Woods Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, On paper, Laurel Woods Elementary has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Laurel Woods Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Howard County (around 27%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Laurel Woods Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.7%, the actual is 38.1%, a residual of -1.6 points.

In the broader community, Howard County reports that median household income runs about $149,763, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Howard County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), of which Laurel Woods Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Laurel Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Laurel Woods Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Laurel Woods Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 611 students in 2018 to 625 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 24% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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