Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240024000572
Leeds Elementary
615 Deaver Rd, Elkton, MD 21921 · (410) 996-5070 · Cecil County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
134 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
59.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
50.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.7% | 50.3% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 47.6% |
% 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Leeds Elementary
Leeds Elementary's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds Elementary this school | 284 | 47.2% | 52.9% |
| New Midway/Woodsboro Elementary Keymar | 269 | 47.2% | 69.5% |
| Willards Elementary Willards | 311 | 49.2% | 56.6% |
| Kenmore Elementary Elkton | 290 | 49.7% | 60.3% |
| Fountain Rock Elementary Hagerstown | 319 | 48.0% | 53.1% |
| Northwestern Elementary Mardela Springs | 340 | 48.2% | 53.7% |
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 Leeds Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Cecil County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #302 of 853 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #294 of 853 ▲ 22 | #4 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #296 of 853 ▲ 15 | #4 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #769 of 898 | #16 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #621 of 857 | #12 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.4% | #731 of 857 | #14 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #554 of 885 | #13 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #76 of 551 | #1 of 12 |
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
284
-66 (-19%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 284 | 18.6 | 15.3:1 | 47% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 20.8 | 15.4:1 | 47% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 22.5 | 14.8:1 | 56% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 45% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 27.4 | 14.3:1 | 48% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 43% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 35% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 20% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 18 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leeds Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (393 to 284); teachers down 32% (27.4 to 18.6).
About Leeds Elementary
Leeds Elementary is a public elementary school run by Cecil County Public Schools in Elkton, Maryland. It reported 284 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students, which makes this school 41% below average.
Cecil County Public Schools has 28 schools and 14,853 students, and Leeds Elementary is one of those schools.
Roughly 83% of students at Leeds Elementary are White. The remaining students are 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Cecil County residents are about 82% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Leeds Elementary is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, Leeds Elementary has a ratio of 15.3:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 1.4 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 47%.
Leeds Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 66% of Maryland public elementary schools.
A school with Leeds Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 46.3%. Leeds Elementary scores 52.9%, 6.6 points above that line.
For Cecil County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $92,007, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 29 public schools and about 14,853 students.
Leeds Elementary is about 2.5 miles from Kenmore Elementary, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Leeds Elementary at 2nd of 9.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 66 students, from 350 to 284. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.0:1 to 15.3:1.
This page is set up for the Leeds Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cecil County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,960
Census ACS
Median income
$92,007
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
14,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cecil County Public Schools
- Rising Sun HighHigh · 1,074 students
- North East HighHigh · 1,057 students
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Perryville HighHigh · 858 students
- North East MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- North East ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other schools in Elkton
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Elkton MiddleMiddle · 538 students
- Gilpin Manor ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Thomson Estates ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Holly Hall ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- Elk Neck ElementaryElementary · 428 students
Other Leeds Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Leeds Elementary. Leeds Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Leeds Elementary SchoolLeeds, AL · 678 students
- Leeds Elementary SchoolSioux City, IA · 593 students
- LEEDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLeeds, ND · 96 students
Nearby schools
- Kenmore Elementary2.5 mi · 290
- Cherry Hill Middle2.5 mi · 387
- Elkton High3.5 mi · 1,050
- Bay View Elementary3.5 mi · 506
- Gilpin Manor Elementary3.6 mi · 478
- Elkton Middle3.8 mi · 538
Frequently asked questions
About Leeds ElementaryHow large is Leeds Elementary?
Leeds Elementary enrolls approximately 284 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Leeds Elementary serve?
Leeds Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Leeds Elementary?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Leeds Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leeds Elementary?
At Leeds Elementary, the student body is approximately 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Leeds Elementary?
Leeds Elementary is overseen by Cecil County Public Schools in Cecil County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.