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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000356
Cedarmere Elementary
17 Nicodemus Rd, Reisterstown, MD 21136 · (410) 887-1100 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
299 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 | 38 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
69%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
39.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
24.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 24.5% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Cedarmere Elementary
Cedarmere Elementary's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarmere Elementary this school | 502 | 59.6% | 31.9% |
| Reisterstown Elementary Reisterstown | 518 | 61.6% | 24.7% |
| Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary Silver Spring | 485 | 61.9% | 52.0% |
| Hebron - Harman Elementary Hanover | 459 | 61.7% | 30.8% |
| Laurel Woods Elementary Laurel | 625 | 58.4% | 38.1% |
| Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary Germantown | 428 | 62.4% | 36.0% |
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 Cedarmere Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #604 of 853 | #74 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #674 of 853 ▼ 50 | #82 of 109 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #576 of 853 ▼ 61 | #67 of 109 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #376 of 898 | #43 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #409 of 857 | #21 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #207 of 857 | #35 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #416 of 885 | #62 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #308 of 551 | #48 of 84 |
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
502
-22 (-4%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
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 | 502 | 36.5 | 13.7:1 | 60% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 36.3 | 14.4:1 | 56% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 61% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 52% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 34.2 | 16.6:1 | 52% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 52% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 42% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 20% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 26 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedarmere Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (567 to 502); teachers up 7% (34.2 to 36.5).
About Cedarmere Elementary
Cedarmere Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Reisterstown, Maryland. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 502 students.
Cedarmere Elementary is part of a district of 177 schools: Baltimore County Public Schools, with 110,872 students.
Of every 100 students at Cedarmere Elementary, about 42 are Black, the largest group. After that, the student body is 33% Hispanic, 12% White, 9% Asian, and 2% Native American. Census figures show Baltimore County is about 31% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedarmere Elementary is 13.7:1, based on 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 13.8:1. Cedarmere Elementary counts 60% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Cedarmere Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Cedarmere Elementary is 39.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.9%.
Baltimore County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $91,768 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Baltimore County number 180, with about 110,872 students.
Franklin High, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Cedarmere Elementary places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% decline, from 524 to 502.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Reisterstown
- Franklin HighHigh · 1,481 students
- Franklin MiddleMiddle · 1,150 students
- Reisterstown ElementaryElementary · 518 students
- Glyndon ElementaryElementary · 476 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 392 students
- Chatsworth SchoolElementary · 301 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin High0.8 mi · 1,481
- Timber Grove Elementary0.9 mi · 608
- Reisterstown Elementary1.2 mi · 518
- Owings Mills Elementary1.3 mi · 666
- Owings Mills High1.3 mi · 1,040
- Glyndon Elementary1.9 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Cedarmere ElementaryHow many students attend Cedarmere Elementary?
Cedarmere Elementary enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cedarmere Elementary serve?
Cedarmere Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Cedarmere Elementary have?
Cedarmere Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Cedarmere Elementary?
Student demographics at Cedarmere Elementary are roughly 12% White, 33% Hispanic, 42% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cedarmere Elementary?
Cedarmere Elementary is overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools in Baltimore County.
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