Urbana Elementary

As a roomy primary school in Frederick, Maryland, Urbana Elementary works with 736 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Frederick County Public Schools. That puts it 53% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Frederick County Public Schools comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 48,054 students; Urbana Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Urbana Elementary logs that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 23% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Frederick County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Urbana Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.9%; this one delivers 71.3%.

In the surrounding community, Frederick County reports that median household income runs about $122,002, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Frederick County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students), of which Urbana Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Sugarloaf Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Urbana Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 64.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 712 students in 2018 compared to 736 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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