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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039001698
Red Pump Elementary School
600 Red Pump Road, Bel Air, MD 21014 · (410) 809-6244 · Harford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest 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
15.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
136 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
72.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
67.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.2% | 67.2% |
| 2023-24 | 78.5% | 67.2% |
% 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
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Red Pump Elementary School
Red Pump Elementary School's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Pump Elementary School this school | 696 | 19.5% | 71.3% |
| Twin Ridge Elementary Mt Airy | 703 | 20.6% | 62.1% |
| Winfield Elementary Westminster | 724 | 22.0% | 66.3% |
| Linton Springs Elementary Sykesville | 759 | 15.0% | 82.2% |
| Sunderland Elementary Sunderland | 606 | 21.0% | 71.7% |
| Broadneck Elementary Arnold | 652 | 17.5% | 67.9% |
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 Red Pump Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #89 of 853 | #6 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #125 of 853 ▼ 16 | #10 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #124 of 853 ▼ 66 | #9 of 32 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #102 of 898 | #6 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #587 of 857 | #19 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #690 of 857 | #25 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #796 of 885 | #27 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #496 of 551 | #14 of 14 |
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
696
-62 (-8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
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 | 696 | 46.4 | 15.0:1 | 20% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 49.6 | 15.2:1 | 18% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 753 | 49.6 | 15.2:1 | 19% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 758 | 47 | 16.1:1 | 13% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 43.8 | 16.3:1 | 10% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 13% (87) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Red Pump Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (714 to 696); teachers up 6% (43.8 to 46.4).
About Red Pump Elementary School
Red Pump Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Harford County Public Schools, located in Bel Air, Maryland. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 696 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Maryland enroll about 481 students on average.
Red Pump Elementary School is a school in Harford County Public Schools. The district has 55 schools and 37,771 students.
The share of students at Red Pump Elementary School who are White is 81%. Enrollment also includes 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Black. Among people living in Harford County, the White share is about 73%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. At Red Pump Elementary School, 20% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 39% average among public schools in Harford County.
Red Pump Elementary School 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 86% of Maryland public elementary schools.
A school with Red Pump Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 62.6%. Red Pump Elementary School scores 71.3%, 8.6 points above that line.
Harford County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $112,265 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Red Pump Elementary School shares Harford County with 54 other public schools.
Forest Lakes Elementary is about 1.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Red Pump Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Red Pump Elementary School is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment fell by 8% across 4 years, from 758 in 2020-21 to 696 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.1:1 in 2020-21 to 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
Other schools in Bel Air
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
- Bel Air MiddleMiddle · 1,080 students
- Homestead/Wakefield ElementaryElementary · 1,071 students
- Harford Technical HighHigh · 954 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Lakes Elementary1.7 mi · 447
- Bel Air Elementary1.9 mi · 521
- Fallston High2.2 mi · 1,036
- Fallston Middle School2.2 mi · 1,068
- Bel Air High2.2 mi · 1,341
- Bel Air Middle2.5 mi · 1,080
Frequently asked questions
About Red Pump Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Red Pump Elementary School?
Red Pump Elementary School enrolls approximately 696 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Red Pump Elementary School serve?
Red Pump Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Red Pump Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Red Pump Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Red Pump Elementary School?
At Red Pump Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Red Pump Elementary School in?
Red Pump Elementary School is part of Harford County Public Schools.
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