Enrollment
152
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033000636
Lewistown Elementary
11119 Hessong Bridge Rd, Thurmont, MD 21788 · (227) 203-1620 · Frederick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL152 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
97 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 27 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
38.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
47.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +15.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 47.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 32.3% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Lewistown Elementary
Lewistown Elementary's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewistown Elementary this school | 152 | 63.8% | 38.7% |
| Westside Primary Quantico | 201 | 61.2% | N/A |
| Cascade Elementary Cascade | 137 | 60.6% | 42.7% |
| Vienna Elementary School Vienna | 183 | 56.3% | 64.4% |
| Town Creek Elementary Lexington Park | 220 | 56.4% | 44.1% |
| Overlook Elementary Linthicum | 249 | 61.8% | 30.5% |
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 Lewistown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #487 of 853 | #36 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #326 of 853 ▲ 191 | #27 of 39 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #586 of 853 ▼ 31 | #38 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 152 | #875 of 898 | #41 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.8% | #350 of 885 | #6 of 41 |
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
152
-9 (-6%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 152 | 14.4 | 10.6:1 | 64% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 166 | 14.9 | 11.1:1 | 60% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 172 | 14.8 | 11.6:1 | 53% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 161 | 17 | 9.5:1 | 39% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 170 | 16.7 | 10.2:1 | 34% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 168 | 19 | 8.8:1 | 38% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 182 | 22 | 8.3:1 | 49% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 200 | 17 | 11.8:1 | 22% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 20 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewistown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (170 to 152); teachers down 14% (16.7 to 14.4).
About Lewistown Elementary
Lewistown Elementary is a small elementary school in Thurmont, Maryland, one of the schools in Frederick County Public Schools. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 152 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students.
Frederick County Public Schools has 48,054 students in 67 schools, and Lewistown Elementary is one of those schools.
Lewistown Elementary's enrollment is 57% White. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. In Frederick County overall, about 68% of residents are White. Lewistown Elementary has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Lewistown Elementary employs 14.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.6:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 64% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Frederick County average 37%.
Lewistown Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lewistown Elementary is 2.2 points above its prediction. Actual: 38.7%. Predicted: 36.5%.
Federal survey data for Frederick County show that median household income is about $122,002, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 69 public schools operate in Frederick County, serving about 48,054 students.
Glade Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 38.7% is below the 53.3% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Lewistown Elementary is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 152, 6% below the 161 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 10.6:1, from 9.5:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Lewistown Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
Other schools in Thurmont
- Catoctin HighHigh · 823 students
- Thurmont MiddleMiddle · 507 students
- Thurmont PrimaryElementary · 350 students
- Thurmont ElementaryElementary · 283 students
Other Lewistown Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lewistown Elementary. Lewistown Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lewistown Elementary SchoolLewistown, PA · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Glade Elementary4.7 mi · 561
- Yellow Springs Elementary4.9 mi · 628
- Rock Creek5.1 mi · 73
- Walkersville Middle5.2 mi · 779
- Thurmont Primary5.3 mi · 350
- Walkersville High5.3 mi · 1,181
Frequently asked questions
About Lewistown ElementaryHow large is Lewistown Elementary?
Lewistown Elementary enrolls approximately 152 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lewistown Elementary serve?
Lewistown Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lewistown Elementary have?
Lewistown Elementary employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lewistown Elementary?
At Lewistown Elementary, the student body is approximately 57% White, 28% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lewistown Elementary public or private?
Lewistown Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Frederick County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.