Meadowvale Elementary

Meadowvale Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Havre De Grace, Maryland, overseen by Harford County Public Schools, with 552 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Harford County Public Schools, which oversees 55 schools and 37,771 students, Meadowvale Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Meadowvale Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Meadowvale Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Meadowvale Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 39.2%, a residual of -10.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Harford County put the typical household earns roughly $112,265 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Harford County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), Meadowvale Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Havre de Grace High, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Meadowvale Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Meadowvale Elementary's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 515 (now 552). White enrollment moved from 69% to 62% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Meadowvale Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.