Waverly Elementary

Waverly Elementary operates as a high-enrollment elementary-level community in Ellicott City, Maryland, part of Howard County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 827 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 72% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Waverly Elementary is one of 77 schools operated by Howard County Public Schools, a district that hosts 57,565 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Waverly Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Asian (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 26% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Waverly Elementary has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Waverly Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Howard County) reports that median household income runs about $149,763, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Howard County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), Waverly Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mount Hebron High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Waverly Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 63.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 770 students in 2018 compared to 827 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 45% to 26%.

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