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What advice would you give to incoming students at Worthington Elementary?
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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240042000764
Worthington Elementary
4570 Roundhill Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043 · (410) 313-2825 · Howard County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
- ABeats 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
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
47 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 77% · 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
85.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
81.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.8% | 81.6% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 77.7% |
% 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% 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 14 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 Worthington Elementary
Worthington Elementary's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington Elementary this school | 403 | 11.7% | 81.8% |
| Cold Spring Elementary Potomac | 362 | 7.7% | 84.0% |
| Potomac Elementary Potomac | 475 | 7.6% | 83.8% |
| Wayside Elementary Potomac | 465 | 9.9% | 85.3% |
| Fallsmead Elementary Rockville | 512 | 18.9% | 71.7% |
| Clarksville Elementary Clarksville | 543 | 17.7% | 74.9% |
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 Worthington Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Howard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #23 of 853 | #3 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #20 of 853 ▲ 15 | #3 of 42 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #24 of 853 ▲ 13 | #3 of 42 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #589 of 898 | #39 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #150 of 857 | #13 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #157 of 857 | #25 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.7% | #853 of 885 | #35 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #131 of 551 | #5 of 26 |
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
403
-64 (-14%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 403 | 34.3 | 11.8:1 | 12% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 35.3 | 11.4:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 33.3 | 13.1:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 6% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 34.4 | 15.0:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 28 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Worthington Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (515 to 403); teachers unchanged (34.4 to 34.3).
About Worthington Elementary
Worthington Elementary is a small elementary school with its address in Ellicott City, Maryland. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 403 students.
The district for Worthington Elementary is Howard County Public Schools, with 77 schools and 57,565 students.
At Worthington Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 38%. Other groups include 35% Asian, 13% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Howard County residents are about 47% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
With 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Roughly 12% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Howard County average 27%.
On the allk12 Grade, Worthington Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 96% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Worthington Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.5 points (81.8% versus 67.3%), a top-10% result in Maryland on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Howard County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $149,763, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 65% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 78, with about 57,565 students.
Among nearby public schools, Ellicott Mills Middle is closest at about 0.9 miles. Worthington Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 59.7% proficiency; Worthington Elementary posts 81.8%.
Worthington Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 14% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.8:1) than in 2020-21 (14.2:1).
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Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
336,328
Census ACS
Median income
$149,763
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
65%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
57,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Howard County Public Schools
- Marriotts Ridge HighHigh · 1,741 students
- Reservoir HighHigh · 1,597 students
- Atholton HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Oakland Mills HighHigh · 1,413 students
Other schools in Ellicott City
- Howard HighHigh · 1,493 students
- Mount Hebron HighHigh · 1,455 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 1,377 students
- Veterans ElementaryElementary · 883 students
- Waverly ElementaryElementary · 827 students
- Bellows Spring ElementaryElementary · 806 students
Nearby schools
- Ellicott Mills Middle0.9 mi · 698
- Veterans Elementary1.1 mi · 883
- Ilchester Elementary1.5 mi · 482
- Bonnie Branch Middle1.5 mi · 739
- Howard High1.6 mi · 1,493
- Phelps Luck Elementary2.0 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About Worthington ElementaryHow many students attend Worthington Elementary?
Worthington Elementary enrolls approximately 403 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Worthington Elementary serve?
Worthington Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Worthington Elementary have?
Worthington Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Worthington Elementary?
Student demographics at Worthington Elementary are roughly 38% White, 6% Hispanic, 13% Black, 35% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Worthington Elementary?
Worthington Elementary is overseen by Howard County Public Schools in Howard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.