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Enrollment
655
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240066001667
Rockland Woods Elementary
18201 Rockland Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21740 · (301) 766-8485 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- 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
15.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
314 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 75 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
57.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
56.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +14.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.2% | 56.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.1% | 42.0% |
% 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Rockland Woods Elementary
Rockland Woods Elementary's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockland Woods Elementary this school | 655 | 47.9% | 50.4% |
| Walkersville Elementary Walkersville | 692 | 50.1% | 55.9% |
| Abingdon Elementary Abingdon | 641 | 46.5% | 52.2% |
| Havre de Grace Elementary Havre De Grace | 593 | 49.4% | 43.8% |
| Villa Cresta Elementary Baltimore | 609 | 52.9% | 37.5% |
| Whittier Elementary Frederick | 779 | 42.1% | 52.0% |
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 Rockland Woods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #331 of 853 | #13 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #235 of 853 ▲ 149 | #6 of 24 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #329 of 853 ▲ 90 | #13 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #140 of 898 | #4 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #595 of 857 | #11 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #97 of 857 | #7 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.9% | #547 of 885 | #18 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.9% | #97 of 294 | #6 of 13 |
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
655
+51 (+8%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 655 | 43.5 | 15.1:1 | 48% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 42.5 | 15.1:1 | 49% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 46% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 33% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 32% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 30% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 25% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockland Woods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (565 to 655); teachers up 28% (34 to 43.5).
About Rockland Woods Elementary
Rockland Woods Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Hagerstown, Maryland. It had 655 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
Washington County Public Schools is made up of 43 schools with 23,320 students in all.
At Rockland Woods Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 41%. The remaining students are 24% Black, 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among people living in Washington County, the White share is about 75%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Rockland Woods Elementary, there are about 15.1 students; the school has 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is lower. There are 314 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 48% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washington County is 58%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Rockland Woods Elementary outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Maryland schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rockland Woods Elementary's results are 4.5 points above predicted: 50.4% against 45.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Washington County show that the median household earns about $77,747 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Washington County, 44 public schools serve about 23,320 students.
Fountain Rock Elementary sits about 1.9 miles from Rockland Woods Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Rockland Woods Elementary places 3rd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment increased 8% over 4 years, reaching 655 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.8:1 to 15.1:1.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,709
Census ACS
Median income
$77,747
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
23,320 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington County Public Schools
- South Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,690 students
- North Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Williamsport HighHigh · 1,061 students
- Western Heights MiddleMiddle · 883 students
- E. Russell Hicks MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 841 students
Other schools in Hagerstown
- South Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,690 students
- North Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Western Heights MiddleMiddle · 883 students
- E. Russell Hicks MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Pangborn ElementaryElementary · 749 students
Nearby schools
- Fountain Rock Elementary1.9 mi · 319
- Boyd J. Michael III Technical High School2.8 mi · 548
- E. Russell Hicks Middle2.8 mi · 841
- Emma K. Doub Elementary2.9 mi · 389
- South Hagerstown High3.2 mi · 1,690
- Lincolnshire Elementary3.2 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Rockland Woods ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rockland Woods Elementary?
Rockland Woods Elementary enrolls approximately 655 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rockland Woods Elementary serve?
Rockland Woods Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rockland Woods Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rockland Woods Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rockland Woods Elementary?
Rockland Woods Elementary reports a student body of 41% White, 18% Hispanic, 24% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Rockland Woods Elementary?
Rockland Woods Elementary is overseen by Washington County Public Schools in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.