Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet

Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet, a small K-5 school in Baltimore, Maryland, part of Baltimore County Public Schools, educates 395 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet shows that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 33% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Baltimore County (around 53%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet sits in the top 10% of Maryland schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 55.6%; actual is 75.2%, +19.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, Baltimore County reports that median household income runs about $91,768, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet is one.

Nearest neighbor: Loch Raven High, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 36.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 10%: 358 students in 2018 compared to 395 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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