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Friendship Valley Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1100 Gist Road
Westminster, MD 21157
Phone
(410) 751-3650
District
Carroll County Public Schools
County
CARROLL COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
499
Classroom Teachers
39

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maryland

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.6% of all MD schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Friendship Valley Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
60%
39%
61%
42%
59%
36%
60%
39%
61%
42%
59%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
55%
36%
55%
43%
54%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
47%
34%
59%
40%
35%
28%
47%
34%
59%
40%
35%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 20 4.0%
Kindergarten 68 13.6%
Grade 1 79 15.8%
Grade 2 84 16.8%
Grade 3 83 16.6%
Grade 4 80 16.0%
Grade 5 85 17.0%
Total 499 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.2% 80.7% 34.4%
Black 5.0% 5.7% 34.1%
Hispanic 9.5% 9.3% 23.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.7% 3.9% 7.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 27.9% 27.3% 49.5%
Free lunch eligible 20.8% 22.5% 44.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.0% 4.8% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 174,318 6,180,253
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 389.4 631
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.0% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.6% 32.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.3% 26.3%
65 OR OLDER 17.6% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 63,487 2,339,510
Single Parent Households With Children 5.8% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.9% 91.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 39.7% 42.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 36.7% 31.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.7% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.8% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.4% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 9.2% 10.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.2% 6.9%
$15,000 or less 4.0% 6.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,243 $241,461,000 51.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $896 $23,413,000 5.0%
Staff $707 $18,466,000 3.9%
General Administration $77 $2,013,000 0.4%
School Administration $1,066 $27,835,000 5.9%
Operation $1,492 $38,971,000 8.3%
Transportation $1,008 $26,333,000 5.6%
Other $221 $5,762,000 1.2%
Total Support $5,466 $142,793,000 30.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,274 $85,531,000 18.2%
Total Expenditures $17,984 $469,785,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,058 $9,844,110,000 54.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $893 $794,543,000 4.4%
Staff $923 $821,311,000 4.6%
General Administration $156 $139,126,000 0.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,014,440,000 5.7%
Operation $1,554 $1,383,230,000 7.7%
Transportation $877 $780,644,000 4.4%
Other $502 $446,886,000 2.5%
Total Support $6,044 $5,380,180,000 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,035 $2,701,616,000 15.1%
Total Expenditures $20,136 $17,925,906,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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