Worthington Elementary

Worthington Elementary is one of the intimate K-5 schools in Ellicott City, Maryland, one of the schools within Howard County Public Schools, with 403 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Worthington Elementary logs that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Asian, 13% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 47% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Howard County (around 27%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Worthington Elementary sits in the top 10% of Maryland schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 67.3%; actual is 81.8%, +14.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Howard County indicate median household earnings sit near $149,763, roughly 65% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Howard County runs 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), of which Worthington Elementary is one.

Ellicott Mills Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Worthington Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 515 students in 2018 compared to 403 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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