Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000364
Church Lane Elementary
3820 Fernside Rd, Randallstown, MD 21133 · (410) 887-0717 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
182 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 21 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
39%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
37.6%
MD avg 50.6% . -12.6pp since 2023
Math
34.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 33.6% |
% 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Church Lane Elementary
Church Lane Elementary's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Lane Elementary this school | 273 | 66.7% | 39.0% |
| Marlton Elementary Upper Marlboro | 309 | 66.0% | 29.7% |
| Powhatan Elementary Baltimore | 250 | 67.6% | 49.1% |
| Hernwood Elementary Randallstown | 350 | 65.4% | 35.7% |
| Charles H. Chipman Elementary Salisbury | 303 | 70.6% | N/A |
| Patuxent Elementary Upper Marlboro | 281 | 57.3% | 39.9% |
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 Church Lane Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #483 of 853 | #59 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #515 of 853 ▼ 15 | #64 of 109 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #598 of 853 ▼ 236 | #70 of 109 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #781 of 898 | #102 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #406 of 857 | #20 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #641 of 857 | #92 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #316 of 885 | #45 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.4% | #33 of 551 | #9 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
273
-58 (-18%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 273 | 19.9 | 13.7:1 | 67% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 18.9 | 14.9:1 | 57% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 61% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 23 | 14.4:1 | 67% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 25.5 | 16.8:1 | 65% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 27 | 17.1:1 | 68% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 55% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 32% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 18 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Church Lane Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (429 to 273); teachers down 22% (25.5 to 19.9).
About Church Lane Elementary
Church Lane Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in Randallstown, Maryland. It serves 273 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Maryland is roughly 481 students; this school is 43% smaller than that.
A total of 177 schools make up Baltimore County Public Schools, with 110,872 students enrolled.
At Church Lane Elementary, Black students make up 77% of the student body. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% White, and 2% Asian. The school's Black share is 46 points above the 31% share among Baltimore County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Church Lane Elementary employs 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Church Lane Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 67%. That is higher than the 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Church Lane Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Church Lane Elementary is 4.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 39.0% actual, 34.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Baltimore County show that the median household income is $91,768, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Church Lane Elementary, Baltimore County has 179 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Randallstown Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Church Lane Elementary ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment declined 18% from its 2020-21 level of 331.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Randallstown
- Deer Park Middle Magnet SchoolMiddle · 1,127 students
- Randallstown HighHigh · 1,091 students
- Hernwood ElementaryElementary · 350 students
- Randallstown ElementaryElementary · 322 students
Nearby schools
- Randallstown Elementary0.9 mi · 322
- Winand Elementary0.9 mi · 426
- Winfield Elementary1.0 mi · 447
- Scotts Branch Elementary1.1 mi · 457
- Windsor Mill Middle1.2 mi · 606
- Northwest Academy of Health Sciences1.2 mi · 808
Frequently asked questions
About Church Lane ElementaryHow many students attend Church Lane Elementary?
Church Lane Elementary enrolls approximately 273 students in grades PK-05.
Is Church Lane Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Church Lane Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Church Lane Elementary have?
Church Lane Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Church Lane Elementary?
Student demographics at Church Lane Elementary are roughly 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 77% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Church Lane Elementary in?
Church Lane Elementary is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
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