Linton Springs Elementary

Linton Springs Elementary, a sprawling primary school in Sykesville, Maryland, one of the schools within Carroll County Public Schools, teaches 759 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 58% bigger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Across the 43 schools in Carroll County Public Schools (26,141 students total), Linton Springs Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Linton Springs Elementary lists that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Linton Springs Elementary lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at Linton Springs Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Carroll County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Linton Springs Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 65.3%; this one delivers 82.2%, a residual of +16.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Carroll County shows median household earnings sit near $118,211, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Carroll County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,141 students), Linton Springs Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Century High, roughly 0.3 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), Linton Springs Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.0%.

Linton Springs Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Linton Springs Elementary has expanded 19%, going from 636 students in 2018 to 759 in 2025.

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