Elementary · Maryland
Northfield Elementary
Northfield Elementary, a public elementary school in Ellicott City, Maryland: grades k–5, 764 students, 15.7 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
- 764
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.8
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 77% of elementary schools in Maryland
Median 13.9 · 884 schools compared
More students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 94% of elementary schools in Maryland
Median 473 · 886 schools compared
Larger than 93% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades 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
- 9125 Northfield Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21042
- Phone
- (410)313-2806
- City or town
- Ellicott City
- 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 | 883 | 13.1 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 749 | 14.1 | |
| K–5 | 459 | 11.7 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 403 | 11.7 | |
Running Brook ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 407 | 9.5 |
| Pre-K–5 | 681 | 11.7 |
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 240042000744