Forest Ridge Elementary (Howard County Public Schools SCH DIST.), Maryland - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Forest Ridge Elementary is a Elementary in Laurel, MD. It currently serves 679 students (grades PK-05). The school is part of the Howard County Public Schools School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

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Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:679
Number of Teachers: 52
Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.03

Location Info

Location: 9550 Gorman Rd, Laurel, MD 20723
Mailing Address: 9550 Gorman Rd, Laurel, MD 20723
Phone: (410)880-5950
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 96
Grade 2 115
Grade 3 104
Grade 4 120
Grade 5 91
Kindergarten 108
Pre-Kindergarten 45
Gender/Sex of Forest Ridge Elementary Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 347 51.11
Female 331 48.75
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Forest Ridge Elementary Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 116 17.08
Black or African American 278 40.94
Hispanic/Latino 144 21.21
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 5 0.74
Two or more races 41 6.04
White 94 13.84
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 56 16.14
Black or African American 142 40.92
Hispanic/Latino 80 23.06
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.29
Two or more races 19 5.48
White 49 14.12
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 60 18.13
Black or African American 136 41.09
Hispanic/Latino 64 19.34
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 1.21
Two or more races 22 6.65
White 45 13.60

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 20 20.83
Black or African American 39 40.63
Hispanic/Latino 18 18.75
Two or more races 3 3.13
White 16 16.67
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 12 10.44
Black or African American 48 41.74
Hispanic/Latino 24 20.87
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 3 2.61
Two or more races 7 6.09
White 20 17.39
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 16 15.39
Black or African American 43 41.35
Hispanic/Latino 24 23.08
Two or more races 12 11.54
White 9 8.65
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 13 10.83
Black or African American 48 40.00
Hispanic/Latino 32 26.67
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.83
Two or more races 6 5.00
White 20 16.67
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 21 23.08
Black or African American 35 38.46
Hispanic/Latino 13 14.29
Two or more races 6 6.59
White 16 17.58
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 16 14.82
Black or African American 49 45.37
Hispanic/Latino 25 23.15
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.93
Two or more races 7 6.48
White 10 9.26
Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 18 40.00
Black or African American 16 35.56
Hispanic/Latino 8 17.78
White 3 6.67