Catonsville High

Set in Baltimore, Maryland, Catonsville High is a middle-of-the-pack senior high, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools. It works with 1,735 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 1,185 students each, so Catonsville High sits 46% bigger than that benchmark.

Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Catonsville High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Catonsville High lists that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Black, 16% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 53% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at Catonsville High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, Catonsville High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of -8.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Catonsville High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Catonsville High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Catonsville High at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

Catonsville High operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Catonsville High has decreased 3%, going from 1,783 students in 2018 to 1,735 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 52% to 43% over that span.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.