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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Paramount Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240066000752
Paramount Elementary
19410 Longmeadow Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21742 · (301) 766-8289 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
- 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
15.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
196 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 38 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
63%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
61.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.1pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
MD avg 34.8% . -11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 52.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Paramount Elementary
Paramount Elementary's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Elementary this school | 397 | 49.4% | 55.9% |
| St Leonard Elementary St Leonard | 401 | 48.6% | 57.1% |
| Westside Intermediate Hebron | 342 | 49.7% | 53.3% |
| Snow Hill Elementary Snow Hill | 387 | 44.4% | 74.8% |
| Grasonville Elementary School Grasonville | 472 | 46.4% | 54.9% |
| Fountaindale Elementary Hagerstown | 413 | 56.9% | 60.4% |
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 Paramount Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #264 of 853 | #6 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #416 of 853 ▼ 155 | #16 of 24 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #272 of 853 ▼ 128 | #10 of 24 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #601 of 898 | #14 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #601 of 857 | #12 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #321 of 857 | #13 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #527 of 885 | #16 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #274 of 294 | #13 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
397
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 397 | 26.3 | 15.1:1 | 49% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 27.3 | 15.2:1 | 50% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 44% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 33% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 21 | 18.7:1 | 25% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 28% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 39% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 10% (42) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paramount Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (392 to 397); teachers up 25% (21 to 26.3).
About Paramount Elementary
Paramount Elementary is a small elementary school in Maryland, located in Hagerstown. The school enrolls 397 students in pre-K through 5.
A total of 43 schools make up Washington County Public Schools, with 23,320 students enrolled.
About 55% of the student body at Paramount Elementary is White. Enrollment also includes 19% Black, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. 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 63%.
The school has 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.1 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. The school reported 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Washington County average 58%.
On the allk12 Grade, Paramount Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Paramount Elementary is 10.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (55.9% versus 45.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
Looking at the county, Washington County, the median household earns about $77,747 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Paramount Elementary, Washington County has 44 public schools.
A public school about 1.6 miles away, Fountaindale Elementary, is the closest to Paramount Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Paramount Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 394 to 397, a small change.
On allk12, people connected to Paramount Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Paramount Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Paramount Elementary. Paramount Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Paramount ElementaryAzusa, CA · 513 students
- PARAMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 460 students
Nearby schools
- Fountaindale Elementary1.6 mi · 413
- Northern Middle1.6 mi · 841
- North Hagerstown High1.9 mi · 1,583
- Potomac Heights Elementary1.9 mi · 351
- Western Heights Middle2.4 mi · 883
- Marshall Street School2.5 mi · 47
Frequently asked questions
About Paramount ElementaryHow many students attend Paramount Elementary?
Paramount Elementary enrolls approximately 397 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Paramount Elementary serve?
Paramount Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Paramount Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Paramount Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Paramount Elementary?
Student demographics at Paramount Elementary are roughly 55% White, 16% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Paramount Elementary public or private?
Paramount Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.