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If you had an hour of school board time for Williamsport Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
533
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240066001294
Williamsport Elementary
1 S Clifton Dr, Williamsport, MD 21795 · (301) 766-8415 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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
14.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
325 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 49 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
64.6%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.7pp since 2023
Math
65.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.6% | 65.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 62.4% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% 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 28 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 Williamsport Elementary
Williamsport Elementary's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsport Elementary this school | 533 | 61.0% | 66.3% |
| Bay View Elementary North East | 506 | 62.6% | 27.0% |
| Denton Elementary School Denton | 596 | 62.4% | 54.2% |
| Taneytown Elementary Taneytown | 450 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
| Ridgely Elementary School Ridgely | 433 | 59.6% | 42.0% |
| Patuxent Appeal Elementary Campus Lusby | 641 | 59.8% | 53.7% |
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 Williamsport Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #135 of 853 | #2 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #142 of 853 ▲ 14 | #4 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #221 of 853 ▼ 112 | #5 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #314 of 898 | #6 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #532 of 857 | #8 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #491 of 857 | #15 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #386 of 885 | #11 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #419 of 551 | #6 of 11 |
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
533
+18 (+3%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 533 | 36.4 | 14.6:1 | 61% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 35.4 | 15.5:1 | 64% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 34.5 | 14.9:1 | 61% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 52% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 30.7 | 18.6:1 | 38% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 47% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 30 | 18.9:1 | 43% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 28 | 18.6:1 | 19% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 23 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Williamsport Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (571 to 533); teachers up 19% (30.7 to 36.4).
About Williamsport Elementary
This page covers Williamsport Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Williamsport, Maryland. A total of 533 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Within Washington County Public Schools, Williamsport Elementary is one of 43 schools. The district enrolls 23,320 students.
At Williamsport Elementary, White students make up 67% of the student body. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 14.6 students per teacher and 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 61%.
The allk12 Grade for Williamsport Elementary is A. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Williamsport Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Maryland are predicted to post 38.1%, so the school is 28.1 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Washington County show that the median household income is $77,747, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Williamsport Elementary is one of 44 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Williamsport Elementary is Williamsport High, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.5%; Williamsport Elementary's is 66.3%, ranking 1st of 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Williamsport Elementary had 515 students, to 2024-25, when it had 533.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Williamsport Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,709
Census ACS
Median income
$77,747
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
23,320 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington County Public Schools
- South Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,690 students
- North Hagerstown HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Williamsport HighHigh · 1,061 students
- Western Heights MiddleMiddle · 883 students
- E. Russell Hicks MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 841 students
Other schools in Williamsport
- Williamsport HighHigh · 1,061 students
- Springfield MiddleMiddle · 808 students
- Hickory ElementaryElementary · 326 students
Other Williamsport Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Williamsport Elementary. Williamsport Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Williamsport Elementary SchoolWilliamsport, IN · 174 students
Nearby schools
- Williamsport High0.2 mi · 1,061
- Springfield Middle0.5 mi · 808
- Hickory Elementary2.2 mi · 326
- Fountain Rock Elementary2.8 mi · 319
- Marlowe Elementary School2.8 mi · 293
- Lincolnshire Elementary2.9 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Williamsport ElementaryHow many students attend Williamsport Elementary?
Williamsport Elementary enrolls approximately 533 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Williamsport Elementary serve?
Williamsport Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Williamsport Elementary?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Williamsport Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Williamsport Elementary?
At Williamsport Elementary, the student body is approximately 67% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Williamsport Elementary public or private?
Williamsport Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Washington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.