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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000347
Bear Creek Elementary
1601 Melbourne Rd, Baltimore, MD 21222 · (410) 887-7007 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
354 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
35.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 23.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bear Creek Elementary
Bear Creek Elementary's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Elementary this school | 461 | 76.8% | 31.9% |
| Grange Elementary Baltimore | 483 | 71.6% | 29.7% |
| Essex Elementary Baltimore | 481 | 70.5% | 29.2% |
| Holly Hall Elementary Elkton | 432 | 69.7% | 25.4% |
| Lincolnshire Elementary Hagerstown | 503 | 69.2% | 36.4% |
| Logan Elementary Baltimore | 556 | 73.6% | 28.9% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bear Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #608 of 853 | #76 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #623 of 853 ▲ 14 | #75 of 109 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #635 of 853 ▼ 136 | #79 of 109 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #468 of 898 | #55 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #524 of 857 | #35 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #267 of 857 | #49 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #206 of 885 | #11 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #493 of 551 | #72 of 84 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
461
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 461 | 31.6 | 14.6:1 | 77% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 31.5 | 14.8:1 | 74% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 33.6 | 13.9:1 | 70% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 70% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 31.1 | 15.2:1 | 68% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 64% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 59% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 514 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 27% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 446 | 21 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bear Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (474 to 461); teachers up 2% (31.1 to 31.6).
About Bear Creek Elementary
Bear Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Baltimore, Maryland. It reported 461 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Baltimore County Public Schools oversees Bear Creek Elementary and 176 other schools, with 110,872 students in total.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Bear Creek Elementary is White, with 50% of students. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 10% multiracial. In Baltimore County overall, the White share is about 53%. The diversity index for Bear Creek Elementary is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.6 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Of all students at Bear Creek Elementary, 77% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Baltimore County average 53%.
Bear Creek Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.9%) and its predicted rate (28.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
The school is in Baltimore County, where median household income comes to about $91,768, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Baltimore County's 180 public schools enroll about 110,872 students and include Bear Creek Elementary.
Battle Monument School is about 0.4 miles from Bear Creek Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Bear Creek Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Bear Creek Elementary had 457 students in 2020-21 and 461 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 14.6:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the Bear Creek Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
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- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
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- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Other Bear Creek Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bear Creek Elementary. Bear Creek Elementary is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolMONUMENT, CO · 869 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 631 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolEULESS, TX · 524 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolBend, OR · 521 students
- Bear Creek Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 509 students
Nearby schools
- Battle Monument School0.4 mi · 63
- Battle Grove Elementary0.4 mi · 333
- Charlesmont Elementary0.4 mi · 373
- Patapsco High and Center for Arts0.4 mi · 1,385
- General John Stricker Middle0.6 mi · 713
- Sandy Plains Elementary0.6 mi · 580
Frequently asked questions
About Bear Creek ElementaryHow large is Bear Creek Elementary?
Bear Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bear Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bear Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bear Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bear Creek Elementary is approximately 14.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bear Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Bear Creek Elementary are roughly 50% White, 23% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Bear Creek Elementary?
Bear Creek Elementary is overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools in Baltimore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.