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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240024000579
Rising Sun Elementary
500 Hopewell Rd, Rising Sun, MD 21911 · (410) 658-5925 · Cecil County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
279 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 | 71 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
24%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
61.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.4pp since 2023
Math
48.6%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.6pp 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 49 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 53.2% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Rising Sun Elementary
Rising Sun Elementary's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Sun Elementary this school | 609 | 45.8% | 53.0% |
| Elmer A. Wolfe Elementary Union Bridge | 502 | 43.8% | 58.3% |
| Dowell Elementary Lusby | 541 | 47.3% | 50.4% |
| Edgemere Elementary Baltimore | 458 | 44.5% | 51.9% |
| Lettie Marshall Dent Elem Mechanicsville | 479 | 38.4% | 44.3% |
| Sunset Elementary Pasadena | 520 | 41.3% | 41.5% |
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 Rising Sun Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Cecil County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #299 of 853 | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #313 of 853 ▼ 63 | #5 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #270 of 853 ▲ 112 | #2 of 17 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #199 of 898 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #657 of 857 | #14 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #769 of 857 | #15 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #567 of 885 | #14 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #260 of 551 | #5 of 12 |
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
609
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 609 | 39.1 | 15.6:1 | 46% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 41.2 | 14.8:1 | 47% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 40.5 | 15.0:1 | 43% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 30% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 46.5 | 15.1:1 | 41% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 755 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 41% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 42 | 15.9:1 | 34% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 751 | 40 | 18.8:1 | 14% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 31 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rising Sun Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (703 to 609); teachers down 16% (46.5 to 39.1).
About Rising Sun Elementary
Rising Sun Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Rising Sun, Maryland. The school's 609 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
The 28 schools in Cecil County Public Schools enroll 14,853 students altogether, Rising Sun Elementary among them.
The large majority of students at Rising Sun Elementary, 87%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. By the diversity index, Rising Sun Elementary comes in at 24%.
Rising Sun Elementary's 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 46%.
allk12 grades Rising Sun Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rising Sun Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 53.0% actual against 47.1% predicted.
Cecil County has about 104,960 residents, and median household income is about $92,007, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cecil County number 29 and enroll about 14,853.
The shortest distance from Rising Sun Elementary to another public school is about 1.4 miles, to Rising Sun Middle School. The five-mile area around Rising Sun Elementary holds 3 other public schools. Rising Sun Elementary comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The number of students declined from 634 to 609 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Rising Sun Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Rising Sun
- Rising Sun Middle SchoolMiddle · 592 students
- Calvert ElementaryElementary · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Rising Sun Middle School1.4 mi · 592
- Calvert Elementary4.5 mi · 390
- Conowingo Elementary4.9 mi · 379
- Rising Sun High5.1 mi · 1,074
- Bainbridge Elementary5.2 mi · 294
- Bay View Elementary6.5 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Rising Sun ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rising Sun Elementary?
Rising Sun Elementary enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rising Sun Elementary serve?
Rising Sun Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rising Sun Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Rising Sun Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rising Sun Elementary?
At Rising Sun Elementary, the student body is approximately 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Rising Sun Elementary public or private?
Rising Sun Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cecil County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.