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Enrollment
649
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000396
Rockburn Elementary
6145 Montgomery Rd, Elkridge, MD 21075 · (410) 313-5030 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
80 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 51 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
82.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.6% | 78.6% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Rockburn Elementary
Rockburn Elementary's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockburn Elementary this school | 649 | 12.3% | 79.2% |
| Bells Mill Elementary Potomac | 570 | 14.9% | 82.3% |
| Northfield Elementary Ellicott City | 764 | 17.5% | 70.3% |
| Beverly Farms Elementary Potomac | 526 | 8.6% | 82.7% |
| Dayton Oaks Elementary Dayton | 739 | 7.6% | 75.8% |
| Pointers Run Elementary Clarksville | 835 | 8.5% | 85.5% |
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 Rockburn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #38 of 853 | #5 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #47 of 853 ▼ 15 | #6 of 42 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #36 of 853 ▲ 16 | #4 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #148 of 898 | #19 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #211 of 857 | #17 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #151 of 857 | #24 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.3% | #849 of 885 | #34 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #304 of 551 | #14 of 26 |
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
649
+38 (+6%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
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 | 649 | 52.8 | 12.3:1 | 12% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 48.4 | 13.9:1 | 11% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 46.4 | 14.0:1 | 10% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 46 | 13.3:1 | 6% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 49 | 15.0:1 | 12% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 13% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 10% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 3% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockburn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (735 to 649); teachers up 8% (49 to 52.8).
About Rockburn Elementary
Rockburn Elementary is an elementary school in Elkridge, Maryland, reachable at (410) 313-5030. Enrollment stands at 649 students, covering pre-K through 5. That is 35% bigger than the average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
Howard County Public Schools is responsible for 77 schools, Rockburn Elementary included, with 57,565 students in all.
The largest group at Rockburn Elementary is White students, at 42%. Other students are 30% Asian, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The diversity index for Rockburn Elementary is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 52.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.3:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 12%. Across public schools in Howard County, the average is 27%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Rockburn Elementary outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Rockburn Elementary is 12.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 79.2% actual, 66.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
In Howard County, median household income comes to about $149,763, roughly 65% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 78, with about 57,565 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Ilchester Elementary, is about 1.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Rockburn Elementary ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 649, up from 611 in 2020-21.
Rockburn Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Elkridge
- Elkridge ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Mayfield Woods MiddleMiddle · 731 students
- Elkridge Landing MiddleMiddle · 686 students
- Deep Run ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- Ducketts Lane ElementaryElementary · 573 students
Nearby schools
- Ilchester Elementary1.2 mi · 482
- Bellows Spring Elementary1.2 mi · 806
- Bonnie Branch Middle1.2 mi · 739
- Mayfield Woods Middle1.5 mi · 731
- Ducketts Lane Elementary1.5 mi · 573
- Waterloo Elementary1.6 mi · 666
Frequently asked questions
About Rockburn ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rockburn Elementary?
Rockburn Elementary enrolls approximately 649 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rockburn Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rockburn Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rockburn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rockburn Elementary is approximately 12.3:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rockburn Elementary?
At Rockburn Elementary, the student body is approximately 42% White, 5% Hispanic, 12% Black, 30% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Rockburn Elementary in?
Rockburn Elementary is part of Howard County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.