Enrollment
183
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DORCHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240030000624
Vienna Elementary School
4905 Ocean Gateway, Vienna, MD 21869 · (410) 943-3775 · Dorchester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL183 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
11.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
103 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 31 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (29).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
75.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.8pp since 2023
Math
68.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +13.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 68.3% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 55.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Vienna Elementary School
Vienna Elementary School's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna Elementary School this school | 183 | 56.3% | 64.4% |
| Ridge Elementary Ridge | 209 | 54.5% | 43.9% |
| Westside Primary Quantico | 201 | 61.2% | N/A |
| Emmitsburg Elementary Emmitsburg | 211 | 51.2% | 63.5% |
| Town Creek Elementary Lexington Park | 220 | 56.4% | 44.1% |
| Parkside Elementary Lavale | 222 | 50.5% | 68.4% |
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 Vienna Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Dorchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #166 of 853 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #113 of 853 ▲ 124 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #101 of 853 ▲ 158 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 183 | #868 of 898 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #468 of 885 | #5 of 7 |
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
183
+10 (+6%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 173
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 183 | 15.5 | 11.8:1 | 56% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 14 | 13.4:1 | 100% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 174 | 14 | 12.4:1 | 100% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 173 | 17 | 10.2:1 | 100% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 187 | 17 | 11.0:1 | 100% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 197 | 15 | 13.1:1 | 63% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 53% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 191 | 12 | 15.9:1 | 37% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 173 | 12 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vienna Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (187 to 183); teachers down 9% (17 to 15.5).
About Vienna Elementary School
Vienna Elementary School is an elementary school in Vienna, Maryland, according to federal school records. Total enrollment is 183 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Maryland have about 481 students on average; enrollment here is 62% lower.
The 11 schools in Dorchester County Public Schools enroll 4,586 students altogether, Vienna Elementary School among them.
Of every 100 students at Vienna Elementary School, about 69 are White. The school is also 11% Black, 10% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. The diversity index for Vienna Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Vienna Elementary School has a ratio of 11.8:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 56%. Compared with the 73% average for public schools in Dorchester County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Vienna Elementary School outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Vienna Elementary School is in the top 10% of Maryland schools: 64.4% actual against 40.9% predicted.
The school's county is Dorchester County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $61,839 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dorchester County number 13, with about 4,586 students.
A public school about 4.7 miles away, Northwestern Elementary, is the closest to Vienna Elementary School. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Vienna Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Vienna Elementary School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment increased by 6% across 4 years, from 173 in 2020-21 to 183 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.2:1 to 11.8:1 over the same years.
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Dorchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,754
Census ACS
Median income
$61,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,586 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dorchester County Public Schools
- Cambridge-South Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 811 students
- North Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 526 students
- Mace's Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · 490 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- North Dorchester Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Sandy Hill ElementaryElementary · 393 students
Other Vienna Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Vienna Elementary. Vienna Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Vienna ElementaryPfafftown, NC · 755 students
- Vienna ElementaryVienna, VA · 357 students
- Vienna Elementary SchoolVienna, WV · 288 students
- VIENNA ELEM.VIENNA, MO · 216 students
Nearby schools
- Northwestern Elementary4.7 mi · 340
- Mardela Middle & High4.9 mi · 742
- North Dorchester Middle School7.1 mi · 414
- North Dorchester High School7.3 mi · 526
- Westside Intermediate9.0 mi · 342
- Hurlock Elementary School10.0 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Vienna Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Vienna Elementary School?
Vienna Elementary School enrolls approximately 183 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Vienna Elementary School serve?
Vienna Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vienna Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vienna Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Vienna Elementary School?
Student demographics at Vienna Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 9% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% Two or more.
What district is Vienna Elementary School in?
Vienna Elementary School is part of Dorchester County Public Schools.
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