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What do you wish you knew before starting at Maple Elementary School?
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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DORCHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240030000617
Maple Elementary School
5225 Egypt Rd., Cambridge, MD 21613 · (410) 228-8577 · Dorchester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest 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
14.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
385 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 54%
Community
4
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 | 90 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
43.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.9pp since 2023
Math
28.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.2% | 30.4% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Maple Elementary School
Maple Elementary School's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Elementary School this school | 483 | 79.7% | 32.4% |
| Hilltop Elementary Glen Burnie | 521 | 81.4% | 27.1% |
| Middlesex Elementary Baltimore | 448 | 80.4% | 25.0% |
| Sussex Elementary Baltimore | 475 | 78.9% | 27.5% |
| George Washington Carver Elementary Great Mills | 460 | 76.3% | 36.1% |
| Glen Burnie Park Elementary Glen Burnie | 555 | 76.8% | 39.0% |
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 Maple Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Dorchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #598 of 853 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #606 of 853 ▼ 64 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #517 of 853 ▲ 185 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #415 of 898 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #530 of 857 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #178 of 857 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #189 of 885 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #528 of 551 | N/A |
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
483
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
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 | 483 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 80% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 100% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 100% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 100% (454) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 46 | 10.6:1 | 100% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 83% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 33 | 10.6:1 | 82% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 64% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 26 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maple Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (488 to 483); teachers down 28% (46 to 33).
About Maple Elementary School
Cambridge, Maryland, is home to Maple Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 483 students.
Dorchester County Public Schools enrolls 4,586 students in 11 schools, including Maple Elementary School.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Maple Elementary School is Black, with 38% of students. Next come 33% Hispanic, 20% White, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 25% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Maple Elementary School scores 70%.
Maple Elementary School lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.6 students per teacher. The school's 14.6:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 80% of the student body.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Maple Elementary School outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Maple Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.4%) and its predicted rate (27.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
For Dorchester County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $61,839 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Maple Elementary School, Dorchester County has 13 public schools.
Cambridge-South Dorchester High School is the nearest public school to Maple Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Maple Elementary School is behind the 39.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Maple Elementary School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Maple Elementary School had a net gain of 29 students, or 6%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.0:1 in 2020-21, and 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Dorchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,754
Census ACS
Median income
$61,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,586 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dorchester County Public Schools
- Cambridge-South Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 811 students
- North Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 526 students
- Mace's Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · 490 students
- North Dorchester Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Sandy Hill ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Hurlock Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Other schools in Cambridge
- Cambridge-South Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 811 students
- Mace's Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · 490 students
- Sandy Hill ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Choptank Elementary SchoolElementary · 319 students
- Dorchester County Career and Technology CenterHigh
- Judith P. Hoyer Early Childhood CenterElementary
Other Maple Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 8 states are named Maple Elementary. Maple Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 15.
- Maple ElementaryHesperia, CA · 988 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolAvon, IN · 784 students
- Maple ElementaryTulare, CA · 574 students
- Maple ElementaryFontana, CA · 511 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolPainesville, OH · 432 students
Nearby schools
- Cambridge-South Dorchester High School0.4 mi · 811
- Choptank Elementary School1.1 mi · 319
- Mace's Lane Middle School1.2 mi · 490
- Sandy Hill Elementary2.8 mi · 393
- White Marsh Elementary8.9 mi · 289
- Warwick Elementary School9.4 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Maple Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Maple Elementary School?
Maple Elementary School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Maple Elementary School serve?
Maple Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Maple Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Maple Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maple Elementary School?
At Maple Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 33% Hispanic, 38% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Maple Elementary School public or private?
Maple Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dorchester County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.