Stevens Forest Elementary

Stevens Forest Elementary, a small K-5 school in Columbia, Maryland, one of the schools within Howard County Public Schools, caters to 314 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 35% smaller than typical.

Howard County Public Schools runs 77 schools in total, collectively educating 57,565 students. Stevens Forest Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Stevens Forest Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 18% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Stevens Forest Elementary logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stevens Forest Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Howard County put median household income runs about $149,763, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Stevens Forest Elementary is one of 78 public schools in Howard County (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students).

The closest other public school is Oakland Mills Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Stevens Forest Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 33% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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