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Broad Ford Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 607 Harvey Winters Rd, Oakland, Garrett County, 21550

559
Pupils
12.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Broad Ford Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oakland, Garrett County. The school has 559 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Garrett County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 16% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Garrett County Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Broad Ford Elementary enrolls 559 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.

Male students
275 (49%)
Female students
284 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
44.8
Student-teacher ratio
12.5:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% White, 2.3% Two or more races and 1.8% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White53295%
Two or more races132.3%
Hispanic or Latino101.8%
Black or African American4<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

321 of the school's 559 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 263 qualify for free lunch and 58 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.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Broad Ford Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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.

School district: Garrett County Public Schools

Broad Ford Elementary is one of 12 schools in Garrett County Public Schools, based in Oakland, Maryland. The district serves 3,405 students district-wide and employs 293 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 559 students, Broad Ford Elementary is larger than the district average of about 284 students per school.

3,405
District students
12
Schools
293
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

16%
Reading proficient
13%
Math proficient
12%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Town - Distant

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