Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 280 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEGANY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240003000024
Northeast Elementary
11001 Forest Ave Ne, Cumberland, MD 21502 · (301) 724-3285 · Allegany County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
14.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
157 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
67.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.3pp since 2023
Math
69.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.3% | 69.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 57.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Northeast Elementary
Northeast Elementary's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Elementary this school | 272 | 57.7% | 62.3% |
| Cresaptown Elementary Cresaptown | 268 | 57.8% | 60.5% |
| Cash Valley Elementary Lavale | 266 | 62.4% | 39.0% |
| Thurmont Elementary Thurmont | 283 | 55.1% | 55.1% |
| Flintstone Elementary Flintstone | 223 | 57.0% | 57.1% |
| Accident Elementary Accident | 221 | 53.4% | 57.9% |
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 Northeast Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Allegany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #189 of 853 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #94 of 853 ▲ 107 | #2 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #177 of 853 ▲ 117 | #3 of 14 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #786 of 898 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #480 of 857 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.6% | #711 of 857 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #444 of 885 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #234 of 551 | #3 of 12 |
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
272
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 195
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 272 | 19 | 14.3:1 | 58% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 63% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 19 | 14.3:1 | 58% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 269 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 50% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 18.7 | 17.1:1 | 56% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 19 | 17.3:1 | 57% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 56% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 18 | 16.0:1 | 55% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 195 | 10 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northeast Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (319 to 272); teachers up 2% (18.7 to 19).
About Northeast Elementary
Among the schools in Cumberland, Maryland, is Northeast Elementary, a small elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 272 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average enrollment is about 481.
Allegany County Public Schools has 8,113 students in 22 schools, and Northeast Elementary is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Northeast Elementary is White, at 82%. After that, the student body is 10% multiracial and 4% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 32%.
The school had 19 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is similar, at 13.8:1. The school reported 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Allegany County is close, at 58%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Northeast Elementary outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Northeast Elementary is a top-10% school in Maryland on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.1% with an actual 62.3%.
The county, Allegany County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $59,603 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Allegany County has 22 public schools with about 8,113 students, including Northeast Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Northeast Elementary is closest to Braddock Middle, about 1.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.1%; Northeast Elementary's is 62.3%, ranking 1st of 9.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 269 to 272, a small change.
This page collects posts and questions about Northeast Elementary, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Allegany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,452
Census ACS
Median income
$59,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,113 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Allegany County Public Schools
- Mountain Ridge High SchoolHigh · 743 students
- Allegany HighHigh · 719 students
- Fort Hill HighHigh · 655 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 577 students
- Braddock MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- South Penn ElementaryElementary · 491 students
Other schools in Cumberland
- Allegany HighHigh · 719 students
- Fort Hill HighHigh · 655 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 577 students
- Braddock MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- South Penn ElementaryElementary · 491 students
- West Side ElementaryElementary · 321 students
Other Northeast Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 17 states are named Northeast Elementary. Northeast Elementary is the 21st largest of the 25.
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 937 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolMeridian, MS · 730 students
- Northeast ElementaryClarksville, TN · 722 students
- Northeast ElementaryAnkeny, IA · 595 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolGlenwood, IA · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Braddock Middle1.1 mi · 536
- West Side Elementary2.1 mi · 321
- Fort Hill High2.4 mi · 655
- Allegany High2.5 mi · 719
- Washington Middle2.9 mi · 577
- South Penn Elementary3.0 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Northeast ElementaryHow many students attend Northeast Elementary?
Northeast Elementary enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-05.
Is Northeast Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northeast Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Northeast Elementary have?
Northeast Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Northeast Elementary?
Student demographics at Northeast Elementary are roughly 82% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Northeast Elementary in?
Northeast Elementary is part of Allegany County Public Schools.
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