Church Lane Elementary

Church Lane Elementary is an elementary school of compact scale in Randallstown, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools, educateing 273 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Church Lane Elementary sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

Baltimore County Public Schools comprises 177 schools with combined enrollment of 110,872 students; Church Lane Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Church Lane Elementary records that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Baltimore County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Church Lane Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 39.0%, a residual of +4.3 points.

In the broader community, census data for Baltimore County shows median household earnings sit near $91,768, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Church Lane Elementary is one of 180 public schools in Baltimore County (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students).

Nearest neighbor: Randallstown Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Church Lane Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

Church Lane Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Church Lane Elementary has declined 36%, going from 429 students in 2018 to 273 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 91% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On this page, members of the Church Lane Elementary community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.