Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240066001281
Potomac Heights Elementary
301 E Magnolia Ave, Hagerstown, MD 21742 · (301) 766-8305 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- ABeats 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
16.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
233 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 | 43 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
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
61.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
53.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +16.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 37.1% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 15 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 Potomac Heights Elementary
Potomac Heights Elementary's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potomac Heights Elementary this school | 351 | 66.4% | 50.3% |
| Chase Elementary Baltimore | 366 | 69.4% | 39.1% |
| Charlesmont Elementary Baltimore | 373 | 69.4% | 45.8% |
| Thomson Estates Elementary Elkton | 456 | 66.4% | 18.9% |
| Holly Hall Elementary Elkton | 432 | 69.7% | 25.4% |
| Orems Elementary Baltimore | 402 | 66.4% | 47.1% |
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 Potomac Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #332 of 853 | #14 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #255 of 853 ▲ 184 | #8 of 24 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #267 of 853 ▲ 116 | #9 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #683 of 898 | #19 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #762 of 857 | #17 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #82 of 857 | #6 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #320 of 885 | #9 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.5% | #98 of 294 | #7 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
351
+28 (+9%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 351 | 21.1 | 16.6:1 | 66% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 19.3 | 17.4:1 | 74% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 19.8 | 17.6:1 | 72% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 323 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 57% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 19 | 16.0:1 | 50% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 197 | 16 | 12.3:1 | 38% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 49% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 29% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 17 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Potomac Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (304 to 351); teachers up 11% (19 to 21.1).
About Potomac Heights Elementary
Potomac Heights Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Hagerstown, Maryland. It reported 351 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Maryland enroll about 481 students on average.
Potomac Heights Elementary is among 43 schools run by Washington County Public Schools, which serves 23,320 students.
About 39% of students at Potomac Heights Elementary are White, the largest single group. The school is also 23% Black, 21% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 75%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
With 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.6:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Potomac Heights Elementary, 66% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Washington County averages 58%, lower than here.
Potomac Heights Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of Maryland public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Potomac Heights Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Maryland. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.3%, against a prediction of 34.9%.
Looking at the county, Washington County, the median household earns about $77,747 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Potomac Heights Elementary, Washington County has 44 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Northern Middle is about 1.1 miles from Potomac Heights Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Potomac Heights Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 351, from 323 in 2020-21.
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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
Nearby schools
- Northern Middle1.1 mi · 841
- North Hagerstown High1.2 mi · 1,583
- Pangborn Elementary1.3 mi · 749
- Fountaindale Elementary1.5 mi · 413
- Barbara Ingram School for the Arts1.6 mi · 347
- Western Heights Middle1.8 mi · 883
Frequently asked questions
About Potomac Heights ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Potomac Heights Elementary?
Potomac Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 351 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Potomac Heights Elementary serve?
Potomac Heights Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Potomac Heights Elementary have?
Potomac Heights Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Potomac Heights Elementary?
At Potomac Heights Elementary, the student body is approximately 39% White, 21% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Potomac Heights Elementary public or private?
Potomac Heights Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washington County Public Schools.
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