Magnolia Elementary

Magnolia Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in Joppa, Maryland, overseen by Harford County Public Schools, with 545 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Harford County Public Schools runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 37,771 students. Magnolia Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Magnolia Elementary logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 11% White. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Magnolia Elementary records 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at Magnolia Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harford County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Magnolia Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Harford County) reports that median household earnings sit near $112,265, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Magnolia Elementary is one of 55 public schools in Harford County (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students).

Magnolia Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Magnolia Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 535 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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