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How has Catonsville Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000353
Catonsville Elementary
106 Bloomsbury Ave, Catonsville, MD 21228 · (443) 809-0800 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
317 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 | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
72%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
56.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
55.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.8% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 45.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Catonsville Elementary
Catonsville Elementary's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catonsville Elementary this school | 653 | 48.5% | 51.0% |
| Elkridge Elementary Elkridge | 798 | 45.9% | 47.4% |
| Gunpowder Elementary Baltimore | 443 | 42.9% | 45.8% |
| Joppa View Elementary Baltimore | 491 | 53.2% | 49.7% |
| Relay Elementary Baltimore | 581 | 52.7% | 47.9% |
| Westowne Elementary Catonsville | 635 | 56.5% | 45.2% |
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 Catonsville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #325 of 853 | #33 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #239 of 853 ▲ 107 | #29 of 109 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #332 of 853 ▲ 79 | #43 of 109 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #142 of 898 | #13 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #560 of 857 | #42 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #120 of 857 | #19 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #538 of 885 | #75 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.2% | #143 of 294 | #10 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
653
+15 (+2%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 653 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 49% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 630 | 41.8 | 15.1:1 | 47% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 44.3 | 14.6:1 | 53% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 44% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 35.8 | 16.7:1 | 37% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 34% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 26% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 23 | 17.4:1 | 15% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 25 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Catonsville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (598 to 653); teachers up 23% (35.8 to 44).
About Catonsville Elementary
The public elementary school Catonsville Elementary is located in Catonsville, Maryland. The school had 653 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481, so this school runs 36% above that.
Catonsville Elementary is one of 177 schools in Baltimore County Public Schools, which enrolls 110,872 students in total.
Catonsville Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 43%. It is also 23% Asian, 17% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Baltimore County's residents are about 53% White, 10 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Catonsville Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Teachers at Catonsville Elementary total 44 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 49%.
The allk12 Grade for Catonsville Elementary is B. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 45.5%.
Census estimates describe Baltimore County this way: median household income is about $91,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Baltimore County number 180 and enroll about 110,872.
The shortest distance from Catonsville Elementary to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Catonsville High. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Catonsville Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 638 in 2020-21, 653 in 2024-25.
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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
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other schools in Catonsville
- Catonsville MiddleMiddle · 818 students
- Westowne ElementaryElementary · 635 students
Nearby schools
- Catonsville High0.8 mi · 1,735
- Hillcrest Elementary0.9 mi · 678
- Western School of Technology0.9 mi · 942
- Westowne Elementary1.1 mi · 635
- Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies1.3 mi · 68
- Johnnycake Elementary1.5 mi · 592
Frequently asked questions
About Catonsville ElementaryHow large is Catonsville Elementary?
Catonsville Elementary enrolls approximately 653 students in grades PK-05.
Is Catonsville Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Catonsville Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Catonsville Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Catonsville Elementary is approximately 14.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Catonsville Elementary?
At Catonsville Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 12% Hispanic, 17% Black, 23% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Catonsville Elementary public or private?
Catonsville Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.