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Which teacher or staff member at Pangborn Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
749
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240066001278
Pangborn Elementary
195 Pangborn Blvd, Hagerstown, MD 21740 · (301) 766-8282 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL749 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
569 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 71 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
73%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
41.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 33.0% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Pangborn Elementary
Pangborn Elementary's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pangborn Elementary this school | 749 | 76.0% | 35.4% |
| Salem Avenue Elementary Hagerstown | 713 | 83.0% | 43.0% |
| Sandy Plains Elementary Baltimore | 580 | 80.0% | 24.6% |
| Logan Elementary Baltimore | 556 | 73.6% | 28.9% |
| Old Post Road Elementary Abingdon | 850 | 79.6% | 38.0% |
| Dundalk Elementary Baltimore | 757 | 75.3% | 17.8% |
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 Pangborn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #537 of 853 | #20 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #615 of 853 ▼ 108 | #21 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #542 of 853 ▼ 6 | #18 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 749 | #61 of 898 | #1 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #342 of 857 | #3 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #78 of 857 | #5 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #215 of 885 | #4 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #250 of 294 | #12 of 13 |
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
749
+59 (+9%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 749 | 56 | 13.4:1 | 76% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 711 | 52 | 13.7:1 | 80% (568) |
| 2022-23 | 673 | 50.3 | 13.4:1 | 81% (545) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 50 | 13.8:1 | 76% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 49.6 | 14.8:1 | 100% (732) |
| 2015-16 | 745 | 56 | 13.3:1 | 67% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | 47 | 15.1:1 | 58% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 42% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 30 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pangborn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (732 to 749); teachers up 13% (49.6 to 56).
About Pangborn Elementary
Among the schools in Hagerstown, Maryland, is Pangborn Elementary, a large elementary school. The school counted 749 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Maryland have about 481 students on average; enrollment here is 56% higher.
Washington County Public Schools runs Pangborn Elementary along with 42 other schools, enrolling 23,320 students in total.
At Pangborn Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 35%. The remaining students are 28% Hispanic, 23% Black, and 13% multiracial. Among people living in Washington County, the White share is about 75%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 73%.
Pangborn Elementary reports a ratio of 13.4 students per teacher, from 56 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Lunch program data show 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 58% average for public schools in Washington County.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Pangborn Elementary outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pangborn Elementary is +6.1 points: 35.4% actual, 29.3% predicted.
Census data for Washington County show the median household earns about $77,747 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Pangborn Elementary, Washington County has 44 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Eastern Elementary is closest at about 1.0 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Pangborn Elementary places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Pangborn Elementary had a net gain of 59 students, or 9%.
The discussion board for Pangborn Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Salem Avenue ElementaryElementary · 713 students
Nearby schools
- Eastern Elementary1.0 mi · 439
- Bester Elementary1.1 mi · 490
- Ruth Ann Monroe Primary1.1 mi · 579
- Barbara Ingram School for the Arts1.1 mi · 347
- Potomac Heights Elementary1.3 mi · 351
- North Hagerstown High1.9 mi · 1,583
Frequently asked questions
About Pangborn ElementaryHow many students attend Pangborn Elementary?
Pangborn Elementary enrolls approximately 749 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pangborn Elementary serve?
Pangborn Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pangborn Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Pangborn Elementary.
How diverse is Pangborn Elementary?
Pangborn Elementary reports a student body of 35% White, 28% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Pangborn Elementary in?
Pangborn Elementary is part of Washington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.