Elementary · Maryland

Preston Elementary School

Free meals for all

Preston Elementary School, a public elementary school in Preston, Maryland: grades pre-k–5, 381 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Caroline 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
381
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
13.6
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 13.9 · 884 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 71% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 473 · 886 schools compared

Smaller than 57% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maryland's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Maryland: 49%

50%proficient

−2.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 56% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 46% · 858 elementary schools compared

168 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Maryland: 28%

48%proficient

+14.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 75% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 30% · 857 elementary schools compared

168 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Caroline County Public Schools.

Location

Address
225 Main St, Preston, MD 21655
Phone
(410)479-2897
City or town
Preston

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Hurlock Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–539113.541%29%
Pre-K–541511.528%25%
Warwick Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–534615.059%47%
Pre-K–528912.761%48%
Pre-K–51,07511.129%17%
Denton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–559611.951%37%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 240018000524