Leeds Elementary

Set in Elkton, Maryland, Leeds Elementary is a small elementary-level community, one of the schools within Cecil County Public Schools. It enrolls 284 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 41% leaner than typical.

Leeds Elementary is one of 28 schools operated by Cecil County Public Schools, a district that enrolls 14,853 students overall.

On demographics, Leeds Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school records 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at Leeds Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Leeds Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.3%, the actual is 52.9%, a residual of +6.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cecil County indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,007 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Cecil County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,853 students), Leeds Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kenmore Elementary, around 2.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Leeds Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Leeds Elementary has shrank 28%, going from 393 students in 2018 to 284 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.