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Chapel Hill Elementary
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Chapel Hill Elementary
Chapel Hill Elementary is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in Perry Hall, Maryland, part of Baltimore County Public Schools, with 535 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Chapel Hill Elementary is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Chapel Hill Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 21% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 53%.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible 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 residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chapel Hill Elementary sits in the top 10% of Maryland schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 59.1%; actual is 76.2%, +17.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,768, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Chapel Hill Elementary is one of 180 public schools in Baltimore County (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students).
Nearest neighbor: Honeygo Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chapel Hill Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.9%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 7-year window. Chapel Hill Elementary's enrollment has edged down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 815 (now 535). White enrollment moved from 61% to 38% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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