Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240066001277
Old Forge Elementary
21615 Old Forge Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21742 · (301) 766-8273 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
15.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
147 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 36 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
57.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Old Forge Elementary
Old Forge Elementary's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Forge Elementary this school | 354 | 41.5% | 53.0% |
| Smithsburg Elementary Smithsburg | 362 | 42.8% | 46.0% |
| Chapel District Elementary Cordova | 359 | 40.1% | 59.7% |
| Chesapeake City Elementary Chesapeake City | 385 | 41.6% | 45.8% |
| Sharpsburg Elementary Sharpsburg | 362 | 40.9% | 65.2% |
| Calvert Elementary Rising Sun | 390 | 38.7% | 61.3% |
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 Old Forge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #300 of 853 | #10 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #193 of 853 ▲ 25 | #5 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #331 of 853 ▲ 193 | #15 of 24 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #680 of 898 | #18 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #638 of 857 | #14 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #713 of 857 | #19 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.5% | #602 of 885 | #21 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #521 of 551 | #10 of 11 |
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
354
+56 (+19%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 275
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
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 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 42% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 42% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 35% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 32% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 26% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 29% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 23% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 22% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 275 | 14 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Old Forge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (359 to 354); teachers up 15% (20 to 23).
About Old Forge Elementary
Old Forge Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Hagerstown, Maryland. A federal count lists 354 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Maryland) has about 481 students.
Washington County Public Schools includes 43 schools. Together they enroll 23,320 students.
About 82% of the student body at Old Forge Elementary is White. Other students are 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.4:1, with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 42%. That is 16 points below the 58% average for public schools in Washington County.
allk12 grades Old Forge Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Old Forge Elementary is +3.4 points: 53.0% actual, 49.6% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Washington County, the median household income is $77,747, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Old Forge Elementary is one of 44 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Old Forge Elementary to another public school is about 2.1 miles, to Smithsburg Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Old Forge Elementary comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Old Forge Elementary in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 56 more students in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Old Forge Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,709
Census ACS
Median income
$77,747
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
23,320 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington County Public Schools
- South Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,690 students
- North Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Williamsport HighHigh · 1,061 students
- Western Heights MiddleMiddle · 883 students
- E. Russell Hicks MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 841 students
Other schools in Hagerstown
- South Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,690 students
- North Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Western Heights MiddleMiddle · 883 students
- E. Russell Hicks MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Pangborn ElementaryElementary · 749 students
Other Old Forge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Old Forge Elementary. Old Forge Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Old Forge Elementary SchoolOld Forge, PA · 532 students
Nearby schools
- Smithsburg Elementary2.1 mi · 362
- Smithsburg High2.2 mi · 733
- Smithsburg Middle2.3 mi · 554
- Potomac Heights Elementary4.2 mi · 351
- Paramount Elementary4.6 mi · 397
- Ruth Ann Monroe Primary4.6 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Old Forge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Old Forge Elementary?
Old Forge Elementary enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Old Forge Elementary serve?
Old Forge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Old Forge Elementary?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Old Forge Elementary.
How diverse is Old Forge Elementary?
Old Forge Elementary reports a student body of 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Old Forge Elementary in?
Old Forge Elementary is part of Washington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.