Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000754
Stevens Forest Elementary
6045 Stevens Forest Rd, Columbia, MD 21045 · (410) 313-6900 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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.
- 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
9.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
186 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
73%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
51.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
46.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 46.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.4% | 50.0% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Stevens Forest Elementary
Stevens Forest Elementary's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Forest Elementary this school | 314 | 59.2% | 51.3% |
| Rockledge Elementary Bowie | 319 | 62.4% | 33.6% |
| Wellwood International School Pikesville | 316 | 60.4% | 47.6% |
| Harford Hills Elementary Baltimore | 373 | 59.0% | 37.9% |
| Greenview Knolls Elementary Great Mills | 294 | 57.1% | 46.9% |
| Warren Elementary Cockeysville | 381 | 51.4% | 45.2% |
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 Stevens Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #323 of 853 | #28 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #337 of 853 ▼ 53 | #27 of 42 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #406 of 853 ▼ 129 | #31 of 42 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #733 of 898 | #42 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #10 of 857 | #2 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #71 of 857 | #12 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #421 of 885 | #2 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #102 of 551 | #3 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
314
-33 (-10%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 314 | 32.9 | 9.5:1 | 59% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 30.9 | 10.6:1 | 58% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 34.9 | 8.8:1 | 52% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 39 | 8.9:1 | 38% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 52 | 8.0:1 | 52% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 49 | 9.2:1 | 66% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 27 | 11.2:1 | 49% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 16% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 20 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stevens Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (415 to 314); teachers down 37% (52 to 32.9).
About Stevens Forest Elementary
This page covers Stevens Forest Elementary, a small elementary school in Columbia, Maryland. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 314 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Maryland enroll about 481 students on average.
Howard County Public Schools oversees Stevens Forest Elementary and 76 other schools, with 57,565 students in total.
The largest group at Stevens Forest Elementary is Black students, at 39%. It is also 25% Hispanic, 18% White, 10% multiracial, and 7% Asian. For comparison, the population of Howard County is roughly 20% Black. The diversity index for Stevens Forest Elementary is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 9.5:1 is based on 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. In all, 59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Howard County averages 27%, lower than here.
Stevens Forest Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Stevens Forest Elementary is 39.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.3%.
Looking at the county, Howard County, the median household earns about $149,763 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 65%, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Stevens Forest Elementary, Howard County has 78 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Oakland Mills Middle is closest at about 0.2 miles. Stevens Forest Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Stevens Forest Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Stevens Forest Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Enrollment fell 10% over 4 years, reaching 314 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Columbia
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
- Long Reach HighHigh · 1,334 students
- Wilde Lake HighHigh · 1,197 students
- Hammond HighHigh · 1,159 students
- Phelps Luck ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Nearby schools
- Oakland Mills Middle0.2 mi · 415
- Oakland Mills High0.4 mi · 1,413
- Talbott Springs Elementary0.6 mi · 461
- Cradlerock Elementary0.9 mi · 453
- Lake Elkhorn Middle0.9 mi · 569
- Jeffers Hill Elementary1.0 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Stevens Forest ElementaryHow many students attend Stevens Forest Elementary?
Stevens Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 314 students in grades PK-05.
Is Stevens Forest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stevens Forest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Stevens Forest Elementary?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at Stevens Forest Elementary.
How diverse is Stevens Forest Elementary?
Stevens Forest Elementary reports a student body of 18% White, 25% Hispanic, 39% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Stevens Forest Elementary?
Stevens Forest Elementary is overseen by Howard County Public Schools in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.