📍 7100 Eaglehead Drive, New Market, Frederick County, 21774
Blue Heron Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in New Market, Frederick County. The school has 680 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Frederick County Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Blue Heron Elementary enrolls 680 students across grades K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 9.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 450 | 66% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 62 | 9.1% |
| Black or African American | 52 | 7.6% |
| Asian | 38 | 5.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
66 of the school's 680 students (9.7%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 56 qualify for free lunch and 10 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.
Blue Heron Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-60, state senate district 4, state house district 4.
Blue Heron Elementary is one of 69 schools in Frederick County Public Schools, based in Frederick, Maryland. The district serves 48,054 students district-wide and employs 2,910 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 680 students, Blue Heron Elementary is close to the district average of about 696 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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