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If you could change one rule at Berkshire Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000349
Berkshire Elementary
7431 Poplar Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224 · (410) 887-7008 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
377 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 | 44 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
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
26.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
22.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.3% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 11.6% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Berkshire Elementary
Berkshire Elementary's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Elementary this school | 514 | 73.3% | 21.4% |
| Glendale Elementary Glen Burnie | 438 | 76.9% | 41.1% |
| Baltimore Highlands Elementary Baltimore | 461 | 76.4% | 20.5% |
| Morrell Park Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 451 | 70.3% | 24.0% |
| Norwood Elementary Baltimore | 521 | 71.4% | 25.7% |
| Germantown Elementary Annapolis | 467 | 75.6% | 29.6% |
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 Berkshire Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #771 of 853 | #101 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #706 of 853 ▲ 105 | #88 of 109 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #760 of 853 ▼ 33 | #98 of 109 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #355 of 898 | #40 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #337 of 857 | #14 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #252 of 857 | #45 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.3% | #242 of 885 | #18 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #208 of 294 | #16 of 23 |
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
514
+91 (+22%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 514 | 38.6 | 13.3:1 | 73% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 69% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 29.5 | 16.0:1 | 66% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 76% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 29.5 | 16.6:1 | 70% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 71% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 70% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 21 | 18.5:1 | 48% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 20 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berkshire Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (491 to 514); teachers up 31% (29.5 to 38.6).
About Berkshire Elementary
Berkshire Elementary serves students in Baltimore, Maryland, as a mid-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 514 students.
Baltimore County Public Schools serves 110,872 students across 177 schools.
The largest group at Berkshire Elementary is Hispanic students, at 45%. The remaining students are 32% White, 14% Black, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Baltimore County is about 8% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Classroom staffing at Berkshire Elementary totals 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is close to this figure. Federal data show 73% of students (377) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Baltimore County average 53%.
Berkshire Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 30.8% at Berkshire Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.4%.
Looking at the county, Baltimore County, median household income comes to about $91,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 180 public schools and about 110,872 students.
Measured in a straight line, Colgate Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Berkshire Elementary. The five-mile area around Berkshire Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 21.4% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Berkshire Elementary enrolled 423 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 514. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.6:1 to 13.3:1.
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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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Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Other Berkshire Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Berkshire Elementary. Berkshire Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.
- BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST PALM BEACH, FL · 1,076 students
- Berkshire ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 932 students
- Berkshire Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 688 students
- Berkshire ElementaryBurton, OH · 517 students
- Berkshire Elementary SchoolRichford, VT · 185 students
Nearby schools
- Colgate Elementary0.6 mi · 533
- Holabird Middle0.8 mi · 1,027
- Norwood Elementary0.8 mi · 521
- Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle1.0 mi · 774
- Patterson High1.4 mi · 1,330
- Claremont School1.4 mi · 46
Frequently asked questions
About Berkshire ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Berkshire Elementary?
Berkshire Elementary enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-05.
Is Berkshire Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Berkshire Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Berkshire Elementary have?
Berkshire Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Berkshire Elementary?
At Berkshire Elementary, the student body is approximately 32% White, 45% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Berkshire Elementary public or private?
Berkshire Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.
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