Mount Airy Elementary

Located at 405 North Main Street, in Mount Airy, Maryland, Mount Airy Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community that teaches 462 students (grades 3 through 5), run under Carroll County Public Schools.

Within Carroll County Public Schools, which oversees 43 schools and 26,141 students, Mount Airy Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Mount Airy Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Carroll County's rate of about 28%.

With demographic context factored in, Mount Airy Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Carroll County) records that median household income runs about $118,211, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Carroll County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,141 students), of which Mount Airy Elementary is one.

Mount Airy Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mount Airy Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 62.4%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025.

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