Best Elementary Schools in Maryland

The top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in Maryland, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 67%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Youths Benefit Elementary	Fallston, MD	1,123	71%
2	Homestead/Wakefield Elementary	Bel Air, MD	1,057	72%
3	Oakdale Elementary	Ijamsville, MD	1,028	73%
4	Piney Orchard Elementary	Odenton, MD	966	65%
5	Veterans Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	870	63%
6	Waverly Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	867	68%
7	Sugarloaf Elementary	Frederick, MD	828	65%
8	William A. Diggs Elementary School	Waldorf, MD	828	64%
9	Pointers Run Elementary	Clarksville, MD	812	74%
10	Bellows Spring Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	799	62%
11	Farmland Elementary	Rockville, MD	797	70%
12	Green Valley Elementary	Monrovia, MD	785	62%
13	Dayton Oaks	Dayton, MD	783	75%
14	Clarksburg Elementary	Clarksburg, MD	778	67%
15	Brunswick Elementary	Brunswick, MD	752	64%
16	Northfield Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	747	73%
17	Gorman Crossing Elementary	Laurel, MD	743	72%
18	Evergreen Elementary School	California, MD	736	63%
19	Crofton Woods Elementary	Crofton, MD	734	73%
20	Wyngate Elementary	Bethesda, MD	715	66%
21	Sunderland Elementary	Sunderland, MD	700	62%
22	Centennial Lane Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	698	75%
23	Rachel Carson Elementary	Gaithersburg, MD	698	64%
24	Urbana Elementary	Frederick, MD	689	69%
25	Winfield Elementary	Westminster, MD	678	70%
26	Diamond Elementary	Gaithersburg, MD	676	73%
27	Four Seasons Elementary	Gambrills, MD	671	66%
28	Snowden Farm Elementary	Clarksburg, MD	668	65%
29	Stoneleigh Elementary	Baltimore, MD	664	72%
30	Manor Woods Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	662	72%
31	Davidsonville Elementary	Davidsonville, MD	659	66%
32	Hickory Elementary	Bel Air, MD	657	66%
33	Crofton Elementary	Crofton, MD	653	68%
34	Hillcrest Elementary	Baltimore, MD	652	63%
35	Hammond Elementary	Laurel, MD	651	65%
36	Rockburn Elementary	Elkridge, MD	651	62%
37	Sligo Creek Elementary	Silver Spring, MD	649	65%
38	St. Johns Lane Elementary	Ellicott City, MD	641	63%
39	Folger Mckinsey Elementary	Severna Park, MD	636	63%
40	Cape St. Claire Elementary	Annapolis, MD	631	69%
41	Little Bennett Elementary	Clarksburg, MD	631	68%
42	Carrolltowne Elementary	Sykesville, MD	629	70%
43	Windy Hill Elementary	Owings, MD	628	63%
44	Freedom District Elementary	Sykesville, MD	617	68%
45	Oak Hill Elementary	Severna Park, MD	614	63%
46	Olney Elementary	Olney, MD	613	63%
47	Bethesda Elementary	Bethesda, MD	611	62%
48	Wood Acres Elementary	Bethesda, MD	605	66%
49	Yellow Springs Elementary	Frederick, MD	588	64%
50	Beverly Farms Elementary	Potomac, MD	583	72%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best elementary school in Maryland?

The largest elementary school in Maryland is Youths Benefit Elementary in Fallston with 1,123 students and a 71% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many elementary schools are in Maryland?

This page shows the top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in Maryland by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.