Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 224 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARRETT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240036000852
Yough Glades Elementary
70 Wolf Acres Dr, Oakland, MD 21550 · (301) 334-3334 · Garrett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- 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
10.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
220 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 39 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
45.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
33.6%
MD avg 34.8% . -11.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 45.5% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Yough Glades Elementary
Yough Glades Elementary's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yough Glades Elementary this school | 299 | 73.6% | 41.3% |
| George's Creek Elementary Lonaconing | 272 | 69.1% | 50.0% |
| Westernport Elementary Westernport | 248 | 69.8% | 43.6% |
| West Side Elementary Cumberland | 321 | 72.6% | 41.9% |
| Grantsville Elementary Grantsville | 204 | 69.6% | 54.5% |
| Cash Valley Elementary Lavale | 266 | 62.4% | 39.0% |
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 Yough Glades Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Garrett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #461 of 853 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #541 of 853 ▼ 199 | #7 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #485 of 853 ▲ 17 | #7 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #751 of 898 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #69 of 857 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.3% | #837 of 857 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #236 of 885 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #374 of 551 | N/A |
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
299
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 299 | 27.6 | 10.8:1 | 74% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 25.8 | 10.7:1 | 69% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 28.6 | 9.8:1 | 61% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 25 | 11.4:1 | 68% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 57% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 59% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 253 | 22 | 11.5:1 | 66% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 58% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yough Glades Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (328 to 299); teachers up 2% (27 to 27.6).
About Yough Glades Elementary
This page covers Yough Glades Elementary, a small elementary school in Oakland, Maryland. It has an enrollment of 299 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students, which makes this school 38% below average.
Yough Glades Elementary is part of a district of 12 schools: Garrett County Public Schools, with 3,853 students.
Of every 100 students at Yough Glades Elementary, about 95 are White. Smaller groups are 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Garrett County at about 95% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 10, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Yough Glades Elementary totals 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 74% of students (220) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Garrett County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
Yough Glades 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 59% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 30.7% at Yough Glades Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.3%.
Garrett County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $67,688, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 12 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,853, Yough Glades Elementary among them.
Southern Garrett High School is the nearest public school to Yough Glades Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Nearby schools with test data average 34.3% proficiency; Yough Glades Elementary posts 41.3%.
The NCES locale for Yough Glades Elementary is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 5%, from 284 to 299.
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Garrett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,615
Census ACS
Median income
$67,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garrett County Public Schools
- Southern Garrett High SchoolHigh · 870 students
- Broad Ford ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Southern Middle SchoolMiddle · 448 students
- Northern Garrett High SchoolHigh · 439 students
- Northern Middle SchoolMiddle · 305 students
- Accident ElementaryElementary · 221 students
Other schools in Oakland
- Southern Garrett High SchoolHigh · 870 students
- Broad Ford ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Southern Middle SchoolMiddle · 448 students
- Crellin ElementaryElementary · 152 students
- Swan Meadow SchoolElementary · 54 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Garrett High School0.6 mi · 870
- Southern Middle School1.5 mi · 448
- Broad Ford Elementary1.5 mi · 601
- Crellin Elementary3.8 mi · 152
- Swan Meadow School3.9 mi · 54
- Terra Alta/East Preston School8.2 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Yough Glades ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Yough Glades Elementary?
Yough Glades Elementary enrolls approximately 299 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Yough Glades Elementary serve?
Yough Glades Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Yough Glades Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Yough Glades Elementary is approximately 10.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Yough Glades Elementary?
At Yough Glades Elementary, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Yough Glades Elementary in?
Yough Glades Elementary is part of Garrett County Public Schools.
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