Westernport Elementary

Westernport Elementary is a modestly sized primary school in Westernport, Maryland, operated by Allegany County Public Schools. The school educates 248 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 48% smaller than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Allegany County Public Schools comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 8,113 students; Westernport Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Westernport Elementary reports that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Allegany County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 70% of students at Westernport Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Allegany County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Westernport Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.9%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of +10.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Allegany County put median household earnings sit near $59,603, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westernport Elementary is one of 22 public schools in Allegany County (combined enrollment of about 8,113 students).

The closest other public school is Keyser Primary School, roughly 4.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Westernport Elementary.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 266 students in 2018 compared to 248 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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