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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Perryville Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240024000576
Perryville Elementary
901 Maywood Ave, Perryville, MD 21903 · (410) 642-6540 · Cecil County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% 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.
- 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
14.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
237 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 67 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
38.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -15.4pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
MD avg 34.8% . -7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 38 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 48.5% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Perryville Elementary
Perryville Elementary's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perryville Elementary this school | 423 | 56.0% | 45.3% |
| Ridgely Elementary School Ridgely | 433 | 59.6% | 42.0% |
| Taneytown Elementary Taneytown | 450 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
| Preston Elementary School Preston | 381 | 60.1% | 49.6% |
| Beall Elementary Frostburg | 415 | 61.0% | 48.0% |
| Elk Neck Elementary Elkton | 428 | 49.5% | 35.4% |
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 Perryville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Cecil County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #409 of 853 | #7 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #415 of 853 ▼ 118 | #8 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #591 of 853 ▼ 273 | #12 of 17 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #557 of 898 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #487 of 857 | #7 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #586 of 857 | #9 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #472 of 885 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #210 of 294 | N/A |
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
423
+52 (+14%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 423 | 29.5 | 14.3:1 | 56% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 29.5 | 14.4:1 | 54% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 28.2 | 14.9:1 | 56% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 53% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 25.8 | 15.7:1 | 49% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 42% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 526 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 27% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 35 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perryville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (405 to 423); teachers up 14% (25.8 to 29.5).
About Perryville Elementary
Perryville Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Perryville, Maryland. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 423 students in 2024-25.
Cecil County Public Schools enrolls 14,853 students, and its 28 schools include Perryville Elementary.
Of every 100 students at Perryville Elementary, about 72 are White. The school is also 13% Black, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 82%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Perryville Elementary scores 45%.
Perryville Elementary reported 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.3:1. It is about the same as the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Roughly 56% of students at Perryville Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Perryville Elementary outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Perryville Elementary is +4.2 points: 45.3% actual, 41.1% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cecil County show that the median household earns about $92,007 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Cecil County, 29 public schools serve about 14,853 students.
Perryville Middle is the nearest public school to Perryville Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Perryville Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Perryville Elementary's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
The school's enrollment increased 14% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.3:1 to 14.3:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cecil County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,960
Census ACS
Median income
$92,007
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
14,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cecil County Public Schools
- Rising Sun HighHigh · 1,074 students
- North East HighHigh · 1,057 students
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Perryville HighHigh · 858 students
- North East MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- North East ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other schools in Perryville
- Perryville HighHigh · 858 students
- Perryville MiddleMiddle · 512 students
Other Perryville Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Perryville Elementary. Perryville Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- PERRYVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPERRYVILLE, AR · 464 students
- PERRYVILLE ELEM.PERRYVILLE, MO · 429 students
- Perryville Elementary SchoolPerryville, KY · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Perryville Middle0.2 mi · 512
- Perryville High1.2 mi · 858
- Meadowvale Elementary2.0 mi · 552
- Havre de Grace Elementary2.3 mi · 593
- Havre de Grace High2.3 mi · 822
- Havre de Grace Middle2.3 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Perryville ElementaryHow large is Perryville Elementary?
Perryville Elementary enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Perryville Elementary serve?
Perryville Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Perryville Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Perryville Elementary is approximately 14.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Perryville Elementary?
Perryville Elementary reports a student body of 72% White, 6% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Perryville Elementary?
Perryville Elementary is overseen by Cecil County Public Schools in Cecil County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.