New Market Elementary

New Market Elementary is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in New Market, Maryland, run under Frederick County Public Schools, with 571 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

New Market Elementary is one of 67 schools operated by Frederick County Public Schools, a district that educates 48,054 students overall.

In terms of who attends, New Market Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment; the rest reads as 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black.

On the resource side, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 20% of students at New Market Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Frederick County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Market Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.5%; this one delivers 73.5%.

In the broader community, Frederick County reports that median household income runs about $122,002, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Frederick County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students), of which New Market Elementary is one.

New Market Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Market Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.2%.

New Market Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 690 students in 2018 compared to 571 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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