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What's one thing North Harford Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039001443
North Harford Elementary
120 Pylesville Rd, Pylesville, MD 21132 · (410) 638-3670 · Harford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
119 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 54%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
62.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.1pp since 2023
Math
44.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -14.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.1% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 69.2% | 58.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like North Harford Elementary
North Harford Elementary's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Harford Elementary this school | 424 | 28.1% | 58.5% |
| Hampstead Elementary Hampstead | 400 | 26.3% | 62.4% |
| Spring Garden Elementary Hampstead | 439 | 32.8% | 62.1% |
| Matapeake Elementary School Stevensville | 472 | 25.2% | 64.3% |
| Shady Side Elementary Shady Side | 391 | 27.6% | 46.6% |
| Churchville Elementary Churchville | 364 | 25.3% | 70.5% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where North Harford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #235 of 853 | #17 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #376 of 853 ▼ 181 | #20 of 32 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #254 of 853 ▼ 119 | #17 of 32 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #554 of 898 | #29 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #648 of 857 | #23 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.8% | #813 of 857 | #32 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #726 of 885 | #20 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.2% | #102 of 294 | #5 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
424
+93 (+28%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 424 | 27.4 | 15.5:1 | 28% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 25.5 | 15.8:1 | 28% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 25.5 | 15.2:1 | 31% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 24% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 25.7 | 14.3:1 | 24% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 29% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 25% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 15% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 30 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Harford Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (368 to 424); teachers up 7% (25.7 to 27.4).
About North Harford Elementary
North Harford Elementary is an elementary school in Pylesville, Maryland, reachable at (410) 638-3670. It educates 424 students in pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 55 schools in Harford County Public Schools, with 37,771 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at North Harford Elementary, with 91% of enrollment. Other groups make up 5% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, 73% of Harford County residents are White. By the diversity index, North Harford Elementary comes in at 17%.
Its 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 28% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Harford County averages 39%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for North Harford Elementary is B. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at North Harford Elementary are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (58.5% actual, 57.6% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Harford County show that median household income is about $112,265, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. North Harford Elementary is one of 55 public schools in Harford County, which together enroll about 37,771 students.
The shortest distance from North Harford Elementary to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to North Harford Middle. The five-mile area around North Harford Elementary holds 4 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 53.8% proficiency; North Harford Elementary posts 58.5%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The number of students climbed from 331 to 424 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.5:1, from 14.4:1.
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Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
Other schools in Pylesville
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- North Harford MiddleMiddle · 849 students
Nearby schools
- North Harford Middle0.2 mi · 849
- North Harford High0.2 mi · 1,204
- North Bend Elementary4.3 mi · 467
- South Eastern Middle School5.0 mi · 399
- Fawn Area Elementary School5.1 mi · 249
- South Eastern Intrmd School5.1 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About North Harford ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at North Harford Elementary?
North Harford Elementary enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does North Harford Elementary serve?
North Harford Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does North Harford Elementary have?
North Harford Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is North Harford Elementary?
North Harford Elementary reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees North Harford Elementary?
North Harford Elementary is overseen by Harford County Public Schools in Harford County.
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