Mount Harmony Elementary

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Owings, Maryland, Mount Harmony Elementary instructs 656 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Calvert County Public Schools. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Mount Harmony Elementary is one of 24 schools operated by Calvert County Public Schools, a district that teaches 14,849 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mount Harmony Elementary logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, 4% Asian.

On the resource side, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Mount Harmony Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Calvert County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mount Harmony Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Calvert County put median household earnings sit near $133,922, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 2%. Mount Harmony Elementary is one of 25 public schools in Calvert County (combined enrollment of about 14,849 students).

The closest other public school is Northern High, roughly 2.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mount Harmony Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 59.5%.

Mount Harmony Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mount Harmony Elementary has rose 8%, going from 605 students in 2018 to 656 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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