Colgate Elementary

Colgate Elementary is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Baltimore, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools, with 533 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Colgate Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Colgate Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Baltimore County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Colgate Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.7%; Colgate Elementary posts 18.9%, -15.8 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Baltimore County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Colgate Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Berkshire Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Colgate Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.0%.

Colgate Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 26%: 424 students in 2018 compared to 533 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 42% to 72%. Class-load math has widened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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