Lewistown Elementary

Lewistown Elementary is one of the one-room-style primary schools in Thurmont, Maryland, operated by Frederick County Public Schools, with 152 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Lewistown Elementary sits 68% smaller than that benchmark.

Frederick County Public Schools comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 48,054 students; Lewistown Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lewistown Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Frederick County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Lewistown Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Frederick County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lewistown Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.5%; this one delivers 38.7%.

In the broader community, Frederick County reports that the typical household earns roughly $122,002 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Frederick County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students), Lewistown Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Glade Elementary, roughly 4.7 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lewistown Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 170 students in 2018 compared to 152 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 57% across the same window.

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