New Midway/Woodsboro Elementary

New Midway/Woodsboro Elementary operates as a close-knit elementary school in Keymar, Maryland, one of the schools within Frederick County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 269 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% smaller than the state mean of about 481.

Frederick County Public Schools comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 48,054 students; New Midway/Woodsboro Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, New Midway/Woodsboro Elementary shows that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder is composed of 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Frederick County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Frederick County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, New Midway/Woodsboro Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 46.3%; this one delivers 69.5%, a residual of +23.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Frederick County) logs that median household earnings sit near $122,002, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Frederick County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students), of which New Midway/Woodsboro Elementary is one.

Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Midway/Woodsboro Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 53.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 313 students in 2018 compared to 269 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 87% to 81%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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