📍 14401 Barton Blvd, Cumberland, Allegany County, 21502
Bel Air Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cumberland, Allegany County. The school has 199 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Allegany County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Bel Air Elementary enrolls 199 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% White, 2% Asian and 2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 189 | 95% |
| Asian | 4 | 2% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
96 of the school's 199 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 90 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bel Air Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-60, state senate district 1.
Bel Air Elementary is one of 22 schools in Allegany County Public Schools, based in Cumberland, Maryland. The district serves 8,113 students district-wide and employs 618 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 199 students, Bel Air Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 369 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote