Elementary · Maryland
Forest Ridge Elementary
Forest Ridge Elementary, a public elementary school in Laurel, Maryland: grades pre-k–5, 659 students, 12.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Howard County Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 659
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.7
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in Maryland
Median 13.9 · 884 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 71% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 85% of elementary schools in Maryland
Median 473 · 886 schools compared
Larger than 86% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Howard County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 9550 Gorman Rd, Laurel, MD 20723
- Phone
- (410)880-5950
- City or town
- North Laurel
- County
- Howard County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–5 | 775 | 12.1 | |
Laurel Woods ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 625 | 12.2 |
| Pre-K–5 | 750 | 12.7 | |
Laurel ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 472 | 13.1 |
| K–5 | 763 | 15.9 | |
Guilford ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 437 | 12.0 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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NCES 240042000177