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Enrollment
724
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240021000555
Winfield Elementary
4401 Salem Bottom Road, Westminster, MD 21157 · (410) 751-3242 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL724 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.7:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
159 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
70.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +14.2pp since 2023
Math
75.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 75.7% |
| 2023-24 | 55.8% | 63.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 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 Winfield Elementary
Winfield Elementary's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Elementary this school | 724 | 22.0% | 66.3% |
| Red Pump Elementary School Bel Air | 696 | 19.5% | 71.3% |
| Linton Springs Elementary Sykesville | 759 | 15.0% | 82.2% |
| Twin Ridge Elementary Mt Airy | 703 | 20.6% | 62.1% |
| Sandymount Elementary Finksburg | 640 | 28.0% | 65.8% |
| Ebb Valley Elementary Manchester | 563 | 27.4% | 65.4% |
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 Winfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #132 of 853 | #6 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #50 of 853 ▲ 93 | #4 of 21 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #143 of 853 ▲ 149 | #7 of 21 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 724 | #81 of 898 | #2 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #400 of 857 | #5 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #807 of 857 | #22 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #770 of 885 | #15 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.1% | #35 of 294 | #2 of 20 |
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
724
+141 (+24%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 724 | 52.9 | 13.7:1 | 22% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 55.2 | 12.6:1 | 21% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 52.2 | 13.0:1 | 20% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 50 | 11.7:1 | 20% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 47.6 | 11.5:1 | 21% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 45 | 11.4:1 | 24% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 17% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 38 | 19.5:1 | 6% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 20 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (548 to 724); teachers up 11% (47.6 to 52.9).
About Winfield Elementary
Winfield Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Maryland, with an address in Westminster. There are 724 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 51% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Winfield Elementary is among 43 schools run by Carroll County Public Schools, which serves 26,141 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Winfield Elementary is White, at 90%. The rest of enrollment is 3% Asian and 2% multiracial. The diversity index for Winfield Elementary is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 13.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Winfield Elementary, which has 52.9. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is similar, at 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Winfield Elementary is about 22%.
On the allk12 Grade, Winfield Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Test results at Winfield Elementary are 5.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (66.3% actual, 61.2% predicted).
Census data for Carroll County show median household income comes to about $118,211, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 44 public schools and about 26,141 students.
The closest school to Winfield Elementary is South Carroll High, located about 1.0 miles away. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 64.6% on proficiency, and Winfield Elementary is above that at 66.3%.
Winfield Elementary falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 583 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 724 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 13.7:1, from 11.7:1.
On allk12, people connected to Winfield Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,321
Census ACS
Median income
$118,211
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
26,141 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Westminster HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Manchester Valley HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Winters Mill HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
Other schools in Westminster
- Westminster HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Winters Mill HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Westminster West MiddleMiddle · 923 students
- Westminster East MiddleMiddle · 796 students
- Runnymede ElementaryElementary · 625 students
- Cranberry Station ElementaryElementary · 593 students
Other Winfield Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Winfield Elementary. Winfield Elementary is the largest of the 9.
- Winfield ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 447 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolCrown Point, IN · 658 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolWinfield, WV · 534 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolWinfield, AL · 499 students
- Winfield ElementaryWinton, CA · 444 students
Nearby schools
- South Carroll High1.0 mi · 933
- Century High3.9 mi · 1,101
- Linton Springs Elementary4.1 mi · 759
- Eldersburg Elementary5.9 mi · 470
- Mechanicsville Elementary6.1 mi · 510
- Liberty High6.1 mi · 1,007
Frequently asked questions
About Winfield ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Winfield Elementary?
Winfield Elementary enrolls approximately 724 students in grades PK-05.
Is Winfield Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Winfield Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Winfield Elementary have?
Winfield Elementary employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Winfield Elementary?
At Winfield Elementary, the student body is approximately 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Winfield Elementary public or private?
Winfield Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carroll County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.