North Bend Elementary

Set in Jarrettsville, Maryland, North Bend Elementary is an average-sized elementary school, operated by Harford County Public Schools. It teaches 467 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Harford County Public Schools comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 37,771 students; North Bend Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, North Bend Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder looks like 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Harford County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, North Bend Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harford County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, North Bend Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.8%, the actual is 58.6%, a residual of -4.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harford County put median household income runs about $112,265, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Harford County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), North Bend Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jarrettsville Elementary, around 2.5 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, North Bend Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 61.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Bend Elementary has rose 25%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 467 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

On allk12, members of the North Bend 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.