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What's the one class at Yellow Springs Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
628
Elementary
DISTRICT 545 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDERICK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240033000661
Yellow Springs Elementary
8717 Yellow Springs Rd, Frederick, MD 21702 · (227) 203-1080 · Frederick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
201 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
61.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.4% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 55.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Yellow Springs Elementary
Yellow Springs Elementary's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Springs Elementary this school | 628 | 32.0% | 57.0% |
| Ridgeway Elementary Severn | 551 | 33.0% | 49.5% |
| Woodlin Elementary Silver Spring | 603 | 36.2% | 61.9% |
| Waugh Chapel Elementary Odenton | 549 | 29.9% | 60.4% |
| Piney Orchard Elementary Odenton | 538 | 27.9% | 60.9% |
| Spring Ridge Elementary Frederick | 605 | 31.1% | 65.8% |
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 Yellow Springs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Frederick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #255 of 853 | #22 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #292 of 853 ▼ 67 | #26 of 39 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #268 of 853 ▼ 28 | #24 of 39 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 628 | #177 of 898 | #14 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #764 of 857 | #31 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #72 of 857 | #12 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #697 of 885 | #22 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.6% | #23 of 294 | #4 of 18 |
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
628
+130 (+26%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 628 | 37.8 | 16.6:1 | 32% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 605 | 35.8 | 16.9:1 | 26% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 34.8 | 16.9:1 | 25% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 19% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 29.7 | 15.3:1 | 12% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 21 | 18.0:1 | 4% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 24 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yellow Springs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (453 to 628); teachers up 27% (29.7 to 37.8).
About Yellow Springs Elementary
Yellow Springs Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Frederick, Maryland, one of the schools in Frederick County Public Schools. Federal data show 628 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Maryland enroll around 481, and this school is 31% bigger than that mark.
The district, Frederick County Public Schools, operates 67 schools serving 48,054 students.
No group is above 50% at Yellow Springs Elementary; the largest is White, at 39%. The rest of enrollment is 28% Black, 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Frederick County, the White share is about 68%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
Classroom staffing at Yellow Springs Elementary totals 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Yellow Springs Elementary is about 32%.
Yellow Springs Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Test results at Yellow Springs Elementary are 1.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (57.0% actual, 55.3% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Frederick County show that the median household earns about $122,002 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Frederick County has 69 public schools with about 48,054 students, including Yellow Springs Elementary.
About 1.3 miles separate Yellow Springs Elementary from the closest public school, Whittier Elementary. The five-mile area around Yellow Springs Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Yellow Springs Elementary ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 57.0% versus a 41.8% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 628, from 498 in 2020-21.
Yellow Springs Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Frederick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
287,048
Census ACS
Median income
$122,002
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
48,054 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frederick County Public Schools
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Urbana HighHigh · 1,989 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Oakdale HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
Other schools in Frederick
- Gov. Thomas Johnson HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Frederick HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Tuscarora HighHigh · 1,735 students
- Linganore HighHigh · 1,647 students
- Crestwood MiddleMiddle · 996 students
- Waverley ElementaryElementary · 965 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Elementary1.3 mi · 779
- Monocacy Middle2.5 mi · 710
- Monocacy Elementary2.6 mi · 523
- Monocacy Valley Montessori3.1 mi · 386
- Heather Ridge3.3 mi · 50
- Waverley Elementary3.3 mi · 965
Frequently asked questions
About Yellow Springs ElementaryHow large is Yellow Springs Elementary?
Yellow Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 628 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Yellow Springs Elementary serve?
Yellow Springs Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Yellow Springs Elementary have?
Yellow Springs Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Yellow Springs Elementary?
Student demographics at Yellow Springs Elementary are roughly 39% White, 17% Hispanic, 28% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Yellow Springs Elementary?
Yellow Springs Elementary is overseen by Frederick County Public Schools in Frederick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.