Rockland Woods Elementary

Located at 18201 Rockland Drive, in Hagerstown, Maryland, Rockland Woods Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school that enrolls 655 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Washington County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 36% above the state mean of about 481.

Washington County Public Schools comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 23,320 students; Rockland Woods Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Rockland Woods Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% Black, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Rockland Woods Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at Rockland Woods Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Washington County's rate of about 58%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rockland Woods Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.9%, the actual is 50.4%, a residual of +4.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Washington County shows median household earnings sit near $77,747, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Washington County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,320 students), of which Rockland Woods Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Fountain Rock Elementary, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rockland Woods Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rockland Woods Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Rockland Woods Elementary's enrollment has expanded 16% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 655). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 61% to 41%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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