Sharpsburg Elementary

Sharpsburg Elementary, a cozy elementary school in Sharpsburg, Maryland, part of Washington County Public Schools, enrolls 362 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Sharpsburg Elementary logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Sharpsburg Elementary records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 58%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Sharpsburg Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 65.2%, a residual of +15.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washington County) shows that median household earnings sit near $77,747, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Washington County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,320 students), of which Sharpsburg Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Shepherdstown Elementary School, roughly 3.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Sharpsburg Elementary. On composite proficiency, Sharpsburg Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.

Sharpsburg Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sharpsburg Elementary has climbed 30%, going from 279 students in 2018 to 362 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.