📍 1100 Gist Road, Westminster, Carroll County, 21157
PRIDE School is an Alternative/PRU serving elementary age pupils, located in Westminster, Carroll County. The school has 8 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Carroll County Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 2.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
PRIDE School enrolls 8 students across grades K–5. The student body is 75% male and 25% female. A teaching staff of 3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 2.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 5 | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 1 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 1 | 13% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
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.
PRIDE School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-20, state senate district 5, state house district 5.
PRIDE School is one of 44 schools in Carroll County Public Schools, based in Westminster, Maryland. The district serves 26,141 students district-wide and employs 1,855 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 8 students, PRIDE School is smaller than the district average of about 594 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe