Elementary · Maryland

South Penn Elementary

Free meals for all

South Penn Elementary, a public elementary school in Cumberland, Maryland: grades pre-k–5, 491 students, 10.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Allegany 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: 491
Teachers (FTE): 47.6
Students per teacher: 10.3
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 13.9 · 884 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 91% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 55% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 473 · 886 schools compared

Larger than 65% 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
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote town
Run by: Allegany County Public Schools

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

Location

Address: 500 E 2nd St, Cumberland, MD 21502
Phone: (301)777-1755
City or town: Cumberland
County: Allegany County

Website Quality of life in Cumberland Schools in Cumberland

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
John Humbird ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	242	11.5	0.9 mi
West Side ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	321	11.7	1.3 mi
Northeast ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	272	14.3	3.0 mi
Cash Valley ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	266	11.1	3.8 mi
Parkside ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	222	13.1	3.9 mi
Cresaptown ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	268	12.2	5.1 mi

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).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

NCES 240003001359