Catonsville Middle

Catonsville Middle operates as a mid-tier intermediate school in Catonsville, Maryland, part of Baltimore County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 818 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Catonsville Middle is one of 177 schools operated by Baltimore County Public Schools, a district that teaches 110,872 students overall.

On demographics, Catonsville Middle shows that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 19% Asian, 17% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Catonsville Middle reports 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Baltimore County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Catonsville Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.6%; this one delivers 43.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Catonsville Middle is one campus in the mix.

Westchester Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Catonsville Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Catonsville Middle's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 875 (now 818). The White share of enrollment edged down from 60% to 49% over that span.

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