Edgewood Elementary, Edgewood MD

Original Research by School Decision on Edgewood Elementary

Edgewood Elementary is a regular public school serving preschool through fifth grade in Harford County, Maryland. It is a school where the student body is diverse and where a substantial share of families qualify for the federal free or reduced-price meal program. The school sits within a primarily residential, car-dependent suburb of Baltimore, a community whose economic base is shaped by the nearby Aberdeen Proving Ground military installation and whose housing stock is dominated by owner-occupied single-family homes. The school’s website is available through the district, but a dedicated school site was not separately listed in the data.

State testing results from the 2024-2025 school year show that across the tested grades, proficiency rates in math and English Language Arts were below state averages. In third grade, English Language Arts proficiency was stronger than in the upper grades, with a clear drop-off by fourth and fifth grade. Math proficiency was relatively low across all tested grade levels, with the highest rate in third grade and the lowest in fourth. Fifth-grade science results were also low. These figures represent a single year of data, so trends over time are not yet available. A parent looking into the school’s academic performance may want to ask the school or district about specific supports in place for math and upper-grade literacy.

The school has a considerable share of students who are Black, followed by students who are white, with students who are Hispanic and those identifying as two or more races also present in smaller numbers. The student body is largely composed of students who qualify for meal assistance, a metric that often correlates with broader economic circumstances in the attendance zone.

The school itself is a neighborhood elementary school within the Harford County Public Schools district. The district recently underwent a capital project that consolidated Homestead-Wakefield Elementary into a single-building campus. A state-mandated attendance and behavioral policy, the Keep Students In Class law, began in the 2024-2025 school year and applies to all Maryland districts, which may affect how absences and disciplinary matters are handled at Edgewood Elementary.

Because this is an elementary school serving only through fifth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. No data was available on chronic absenteeism, special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, or discipline incidents, so these dimensions of the school’s environment cannot be characterized. The school is not a charter or magnet school, and its Title I status was not provided.

This is a school where a parent will want to understand the academic support systems directly from the school or district, particularly around math and upper-elementary reading and writing. The community has a suburban feel with limited walkability, a MARC train station for commuters, and a stable population with modest growth. For families considering Edgewood Elementary, a conversation with the principal or a visit to see how the school approaches instruction and intervention would provide the context that the testing data alone does not supply.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 323%

School 23% · district not reported

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 415%

School 15% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 520%

School 20% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 343%

School 43% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 424%

School 24% · district not reported

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Science

Grade 514%

School 14% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

This schoolHarford County Public Schools, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income17%Higher-income6%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income15%Higher-income40%25 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income8%Higher-income7%1 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income5%Higher-income7%1 pp gap