Summary:
The four public schools in zip code 21029 (Clarksville, MD) serve approximately 3,440 students from elementary through high school within the highly-rated Howard County Public Schools district, an affluent area where the average free/reduced lunch rate is just 10.1%.
The standout school in this zip code is Clarksville Middle, which achieved a perfect 100th percentile ranking in 2023-2024 and remains in the 99th percentile for 2024-2025. Its advanced coursework performance is exceptional, with 100% of students proficient in Algebra II and Geometry End-of-Course exams. Pointers Run Elementary is also a consistent top performer, ranking in the 98th percentile with 80.3% of students proficient in Math and 80.5% in ELA. River Hill High excels in English Language Arts, where 93.3% of all students are proficient—41.6 percentage points above the state average. Clarksville Elementary, while still high-performing at the 93rd percentile, has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (17.7%) and chronic absenteeism rate (15.6%) among the four schools.
Key metrics show the zip code average Math proficiency is 68.5% (state: 27.1%), ELA proficiency is 81.9% (state: 51.7%), and Science proficiency is 67.3% (state: ~31.6%). Chronic absenteeism averages 11.2% (district: 17.4%), and the student-teacher ratio is a favorable 15.5:1. An interesting finding is the "Algebra I Paradox" at River Hill High, where overall Math proficiency is high (49.4%) but Algebra I proficiency is only 17.8%, suggesting a specific cohort of students taking the exam later. In contrast, Clarksville Middle's Algebra I proficiency is 95%, indicating top math students accelerate early. Every school in the zip code is rated 5 stars by SchoolDigger, demonstrating a systemic culture of high achievement.
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