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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000395
Grange Elementary
2000 Church Rd, Baltimore, MD 21222 · (410) 887-7043 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
346 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 | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
67%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
31.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
21.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 31.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Grange Elementary
Grange Elementary's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grange Elementary this school | 483 | 71.6% | 29.7% |
| Essex Elementary Baltimore | 481 | 70.5% | 29.2% |
| Holly Hall Elementary Elkton | 432 | 69.7% | 25.4% |
| Lincolnshire Elementary Hagerstown | 503 | 69.2% | 36.4% |
| Bear Creek Elementary Baltimore | 461 | 76.8% | 31.9% |
| Thomson Estates Elementary Elkton | 456 | 66.4% | 18.9% |
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 Grange Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #646 of 853 | #81 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #721 of 853 ▼ 195 | #94 of 109 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #700 of 853 ▼ 100 | #87 of 109 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #414 of 898 | #48 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #823 of 857 | #100 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #262 of 857 | #46 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #255 of 885 | #25 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #511 of 551 | #76 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
483
+37 (+8%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 483 | 27.5 | 17.5:1 | 72% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 25.4 | 18.9:1 | 69% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 26.3 | 18.4:1 | 69% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 66% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 28.4 | 17.4:1 | 65% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 64% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 53% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 27 | 18.3:1 | 27% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 18 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grange Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (493 to 483); teachers down 3% (28.4 to 27.5).
About Grange Elementary
Grange Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, administered by Baltimore County Public Schools. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 483 students.
Baltimore County Public Schools runs Grange Elementary along with 176 other schools, enrolling 110,872 students in total.
A majority of students at Grange Elementary, 50%, are White. The remaining shares are 20% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 53% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Grange Elementary comes in at 67%.
Grange Elementary counts 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.5 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Grange Elementary is 2.1 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 29.7% actual, 31.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
Census Bureau estimates for Baltimore County show that median household income is about $91,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 180 public schools operate in Baltimore County, serving about 110,872 students.
Logan Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Grange Elementary ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 29.7% versus a 21.2% average.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 446 in 2020-21 and 483 in 2024-25, an 8% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.9:1 to 17.5:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Logan Elementary0.7 mi · 556
- Patapsco High and Center for Arts0.7 mi · 1,385
- Dundalk Middle0.7 mi · 598
- Southeast EDLP at Dundalk High School0.8 mi · 2
- Dundalk High0.8 mi · 2,087
- General John Stricker Middle0.8 mi · 713
Frequently asked questions
About Grange ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Grange Elementary?
Grange Elementary enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Grange Elementary serve?
Grange Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Grange Elementary have?
Grange Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grange Elementary?
At Grange Elementary, the student body is approximately 50% White, 20% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Grange Elementary public or private?
Grange 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.