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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Deer Park Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000371
Deer Park Elementary
9809 Lyons Mill Rd, Owings Mills, MD 21117 · (410) 887-0723 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
15.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
257 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
21%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
56.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
45.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.9% | 46.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Deer Park Elementary
Deer Park Elementary's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Elementary this school | 384 | 66.9% | 52.6% |
| Govans Elementary Baltimore | 410 | 69.3% | 28.1% |
| Winand Elementary Baltimore | 426 | 64.8% | 43.3% |
| Imagine Foundations at Morningside PCS Morningside | 357 | 62.5% | 48.5% |
| Hernwood Elementary Randallstown | 350 | 65.4% | 35.7% |
| Imagine Lincoln PCS Temple Hills | 371 | 73.3% | 27.4% |
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 Deer Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #304 of 853 | #31 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #354 of 853 ▼ 26 | #42 of 109 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #340 of 853 ▼ 126 | #45 of 109 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #628 of 898 | #81 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #645 of 857 | #55 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #791 of 857 | #107 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #313 of 885 | #43 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #267 of 551 | #39 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
384
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 384 | 24.8 | 15.5:1 | 67% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 22.7 | 17.6:1 | 64% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 22 | 18.8:1 | 61% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 65% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 26.9 | 16.4:1 | 60% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 63% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 60% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 32% (205) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 19 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (442 to 384); teachers down 8% (26.9 to 24.8).
About Deer Park Elementary
Among the schools in Owings Mills, Maryland, is Deer Park Elementary, a small elementary school. The school enrolls 384 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students, which makes this school 20% below average.
Deer Park Elementary falls under Baltimore County Public Schools, which has 177 schools enrolling 110,872 students.
The share of Black students at Deer Park Elementary is 89%. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. The county population is about 31% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Deer Park Elementary scores 21%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deer Park Elementary is 15.5:1, based on 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 53% for public schools in Baltimore County.
On the allk12 Grade, Deer Park Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Deer Park Elementary is 34.6%. It actually posts 52.6%, which is 18.0 points higher and in the top 10% of Maryland schools.
In Baltimore County, median household income comes to about $91,768, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Baltimore County counts 180 public schools with about 110,872 students.
Deer Park Middle Magnet School sits about 0.1 miles from Deer Park Elementary. Deer Park Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 35.7%, lower than Deer Park Elementary's 52.6%.
Federal data place Deer Park Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Deer Park Elementary enrolled 396 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 384. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.5:1) than in 2020-21 (16.5:1).
The Deer Park Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Owings Mills
- New Town HighHigh · 1,414 students
- Owings Mills HighHigh · 1,040 students
- New Town ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Lyons Mill ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Owings Mills ElementaryElementary · 666 students
- Timber Grove ElementaryElementary · 608 students
Other Deer Park Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Deer Park Elementary. Deer Park Elementary is the 8th largest of the 8.
- DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 957 students
- Deer Park Elementary SchoolDEER PARK, TX · 661 students
- DEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW PORT RICHEY, FL · 524 students
- Deer Park ElementaryCentreville, VA · 522 students
- Deer Park Elementary SchoolOwensboro, KY · 480 students
Nearby schools
- Deer Park Middle Magnet School0.1 mi · 1,127
- Lyons Mill Elementary0.8 mi · 671
- New Town High1.0 mi · 1,414
- New Town Elementary1.0 mi · 772
- Randallstown High1.2 mi · 1,091
- Hernwood Elementary1.3 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Deer Park Elementary?
Deer Park Elementary enrolls approximately 384 students in grades PK-05.
Is Deer Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deer Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deer Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deer Park Elementary is approximately 15.5:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deer Park Elementary?
At Deer Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 5% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Deer Park Elementary in?
Deer Park Elementary is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.