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What do students at Thomson Estates Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CECIL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240024000581
Thomson Estates Elementary
203 E Thomson Dr, Elkton, MD 21921 · (410) 996-5080 · Cecil County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
303 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 51 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
25.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
17.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 17.7% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Thomson Estates Elementary
Thomson Estates Elementary's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomson Estates Elementary this school | 456 | 66.4% | 18.9% |
| Holly Hall Elementary Elkton | 432 | 69.7% | 25.4% |
| Lincolnshire Elementary Hagerstown | 503 | 69.2% | 36.4% |
| Essex Elementary Baltimore | 481 | 70.5% | 29.2% |
| Gilpin Manor Elementary Elkton | 478 | 71.5% | 26.0% |
| Grange Elementary Baltimore | 483 | 71.6% | 29.7% |
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 Thomson Estates Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Cecil County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #800 of 853 | #17 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #775 of 853 ▲ 8 | #17 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #775 of 853 ▲ 25 | #16 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #488 of 898 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #387 of 857 | #5 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #73 of 857 | #1 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #317 of 885 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #391 of 551 | #8 of 12 |
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
456
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 456 | 33.4 | 13.7:1 | 66% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 34.7 | 13.7:1 | 66% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 34.5 | 13.9:1 | 73% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 56% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 37.8 | 13.1:1 | 100% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 71% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 63% (307) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 39 | 17.2:1 | 33% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 33 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomson Estates Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (495 to 456); teachers down 12% (37.8 to 33.4).
About Thomson Estates Elementary
Thomson Estates Elementary serves students in Elkton, Maryland, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 456 students in pre-K through 5.
The 28 schools in Cecil County Public Schools enroll 14,853 students altogether, Thomson Estates Elementary among them.
The most common group at Thomson Estates Elementary is White students, at 39%. The school is also 20% Black, 20% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 82%. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Thomson Estates Elementary is 33.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.7:1. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The school counts 303 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 66%. For comparison, public schools in Cecil County average 51%.
Thomson Estates Elementary falls short of its prediction by 16.0 points. The model expects 34.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Maryland; the school's rate is 18.9%.
Cecil County has these Census figures: the median household income is $92,007, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cecil County is home to 29 public schools and about 14,853 public school students.
The shortest distance from Thomson Estates Elementary to another public school is about 1.5 miles, to Holly Hall Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 25.9%, higher than Thomson Estates Elementary's 18.9%.
Thomson Estates Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 453 to 456.
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Cecil County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,960
Census ACS
Median income
$92,007
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
14,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cecil County Public Schools
- Rising Sun HighHigh · 1,074 students
- North East HighHigh · 1,057 students
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Perryville HighHigh · 858 students
- North East MiddleMiddle · 758 students
- North East ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other schools in Elkton
- Elkton HighHigh · 1,050 students
- Elkton MiddleMiddle · 538 students
- Gilpin Manor ElementaryElementary · 478 students
- Holly Hall ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- Elk Neck ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- Cecil Manor ElementaryElementary · 416 students
Nearby schools
- Holly Hall Elementary1.5 mi · 432
- Elkton Middle1.9 mi · 538
- Gilpin Manor Elementary2.1 mi · 478
- Elkton High2.3 mi · 1,050
- Brader (Henry M.) Elementary School2.8 mi · 324
- Hodgson (Paul M.) Vocational Technical High School3.1 mi · 1,104
Frequently asked questions
About Thomson Estates ElementaryHow large is Thomson Estates Elementary?
Thomson Estates Elementary enrolls approximately 456 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Thomson Estates Elementary serve?
Thomson Estates Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Thomson Estates Elementary?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Thomson Estates Elementary.
How diverse is Thomson Estates Elementary?
Thomson Estates Elementary reports a student body of 39% White, 20% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Thomson Estates Elementary?
Thomson Estates Elementary is overseen by Cecil County Public Schools in Cecil County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.