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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012002945
Dogwood Elementary
7215 Dogwood Rd, Baltimore, MD 21244 · (410) 887-6808 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
17.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
333 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
40%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
49.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.9pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.7% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 18.3% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Dogwood Elementary
Dogwood Elementary's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogwood Elementary this school | 460 | 72.4% | 33.7% |
| Winfield Elementary Baltimore | 447 | 70.7% | 35.2% |
| Hebbville Elementary Baltimore | 474 | 68.1% | 34.9% |
| Scotts Branch Elementary Baltimore | 457 | 71.1% | 30.0% |
| North Bend Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 482 | 77.2% | 45.5% |
| Meade Heights Elementary Ft. Meade | 494 | 65.8% | 35.1% |
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 Dogwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #574 of 853 | #71 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #585 of 853 ▲ 147 | #72 of 109 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #435 of 853 ▲ 118 | #54 of 109 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #470 of 898 | #56 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #831 of 857 | #104 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #630 of 857 | #90 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #248 of 885 | #20 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #61 of 551 | #15 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
460
-118 (-20%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 72% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 27.3 | 16.5:1 | 71% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 35.2 | 13.9:1 | 73% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 71% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 39 | 17.0:1 | 60% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 38 | 17.3:1 | 59% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 69% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 31 | 17.5:1 | 57% (312) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dogwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (663 to 460); teachers down 33% (39 to 26).
About Dogwood Elementary
Dogwood Elementary is an elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, according to federal school records. School enrollment was 460 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Baltimore County Public Schools counts 110,872 students in its 177 schools, and Dogwood Elementary is one of them.
Roughly 76% of students at Dogwood Elementary are Black. Enrollment also includes 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Baltimore County, the Black share is about 31%. Dogwood Elementary's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 26 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.7:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 72%. It compares with 53% for public schools in Baltimore County.
allk12 grades Dogwood Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Dogwood Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.7%, compared with a predicted 31.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Baltimore County, the median household income is $91,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Baltimore County is home to 180 public schools and about 110,872 public school students.
The school nearest to Dogwood Elementary is Chadwick Elementary, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Dogwood Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Dogwood Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Dogwood Elementary declined 20% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 578 to 460 students. The ratio was 15.2:1 in 2020-21 and 17.7:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Dogwood Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Other Dogwood Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Dogwood Elementary. Dogwood Elementary is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolNEW CANEY, TX · 911 students
- Dogwood ElementaryReston, VA · 745 students
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolGermantown, TN · 663 students
- Dogwood ElementaryHeber, CA · 606 students
- DOGWOOD ELEMENTARYCAMDENTON, MO · 592 students
Nearby schools
- Chadwick Elementary0.4 mi · 603
- Watershed Public Charter0.4 mi · 366
- Featherbed Lane Elementary1.3 mi · 572
- Southwest EDLP at Woodlawn High School1.6 mi · 4
- Woodlawn High1.6 mi · 1,922
- Woodmoor Elementary1.7 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Dogwood ElementaryHow many students attend Dogwood Elementary?
Dogwood Elementary enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dogwood Elementary serve?
Dogwood Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Dogwood Elementary?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Dogwood Elementary.
How diverse is Dogwood Elementary?
Dogwood Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 10% Hispanic, 76% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Dogwood Elementary public or private?
Dogwood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.