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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Prettyboy Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000456
Prettyboy Elementary
19810 Middletown Rd, Freeland, MD 21053 · (410) 887-1900 · Baltimore County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
41 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
73.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.6% | 64.9% |
% 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Prettyboy Elementary
Prettyboy Elementary's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prettyboy Elementary this school | 405 | 10.1% | 67.2% |
| Carroll Manor Elementary Baldwin | 371 | 8.6% | 76.5% |
| Jarrettsville Elementary Jarrettsville | 467 | 14.1% | 62.0% |
| Benfield Elementary Severna Park | 500 | 8.2% | 79.5% |
| Seventh District Elementary Parkton | 346 | 14.5% | 72.3% |
| Forest Hill Elementary Forest Hill | 451 | 15.7% | 72.6% |
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 Prettyboy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #127 of 853 | #19 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #172 of 853 ▼ 40 | #21 of 109 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #110 of 853 ▲ 31 | #16 of 109 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #588 of 898 | #74 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #785 of 857 | #91 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #806 of 857 | #108 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.1% | #855 of 885 | #106 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #359 of 551 | #53 of 84 |
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
405
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 405 | 24 | 16.9:1 | 10% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 23.8 | 16.8:1 | 10% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 24.8 | 16.1:1 | 12% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 25.5 | 17.5:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 3% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 22 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prettyboy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (446 to 405); teachers down 6% (25.5 to 24).
About Prettyboy Elementary
Prettyboy Elementary is a small elementary school in Freeland, Maryland, administered by Baltimore County Public Schools. It teaches 405 students in kindergarten through 5.
Prettyboy Elementary is among 177 schools run by Baltimore County Public Schools, which serves 110,872 students.
Prettyboy Elementary is 90% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 53% White among all Baltimore County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
The school had 24 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1. The school's 16.9:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Maryland. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 10%. The 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County is 43 points higher.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Prettyboy Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 67.2% actual against 68.2% predicted.
For Baltimore County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $91,768 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Prettyboy Elementary, Baltimore County has 180 public schools.
Seventh District Elementary is the nearest public school to Prettyboy Elementary, about 3.6 miles away. Prettyboy Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. Prettyboy Elementary comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment increased by 5% across 4 years, from 385 in 2020-21 to 405 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.4:1 in 2020-21, and 16.9:1 in 2024-25.
Prettyboy Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Nearby schools
- Seventh District Elementary3.6 mi · 346
- Hereford High5.5 mi · 1,175
- Fifth District Elementary5.7 mi · 262
- Shrewsbury Elementary School6.9 mi · 482
- Friendship Elementary School7.1 mi · 377
- Susquehannock High School7.2 mi · 857
Frequently asked questions
About Prettyboy ElementaryHow large is Prettyboy Elementary?
Prettyboy Elementary enrolls approximately 405 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Prettyboy Elementary serve?
Prettyboy Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Prettyboy Elementary?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Prettyboy Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Prettyboy Elementary?
Student demographics at Prettyboy Elementary are roughly 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Prettyboy Elementary in?
Prettyboy Elementary is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.