Carney Elementary

Carney Elementary, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Baltimore, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools, teaches 524 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Carney Elementary is one of 177 schools operated by Baltimore County Public Schools, a district that serves 110,872 students overall.

Demographically, Carney Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder looks like 22% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Carney Elementary has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Baltimore County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Carney Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 33.0%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate median household income runs about $91,768, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Carney Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pine Grove Middle, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carney Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carney Elementary has decreased 9%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 524 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 48% to 22%.

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