Halethorpe Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 12% |
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 35 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 down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 35.6% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
Where Halethorpe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #569 of 853 | #69 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #593 of 853 | #73 of 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #644 of 853 | #80 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #782 of 898 | #103 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #65 of 857 | #3 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.0% | #15 of 857 | #2 of 108 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #37 of 551 | #11 of 84 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 273 | 25.3 | 10.8:1 | 65% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 25.1 | 11.2:1 | 65% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 25.3 | 10.8:1 | 60% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 30.2 | 13.9:1 | 71% (299) |
About Halethorpe Elementary
Halethorpe Elementary is a public elementary school run by Baltimore County Public Schools in Halethorpe, Maryland. The school serves 273 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Maryland is roughly 481 students; this school is 43% smaller than that.
Across its 177 schools, Baltimore County Public Schools enrolls 110,872 students. Halethorpe Elementary is one of those schools.
At Halethorpe Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 33%. After that, the student body is 26% Asian, 20% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Baltimore County is about 53% White. The school's diversity index is 76%, meaning two students picked at random have a 76% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 10.8:1 comes from the school's 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The lunch program counts 65% of students at Halethorpe Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Halethorpe Elementary would score about 35.9%. It scores 33.9%, 2.0 points below that figure.
Census estimates describe Baltimore County this way: the median household income is $91,768, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Baltimore County has 180 public schools and roughly 110,872 students.
Arbutus Elementary is the public school closest to Halethorpe Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Halethorpe Elementary ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.9% against a local average of 29.5%.
Halethorpe Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 273 students in 2024-25, 148 fewer than the 421 it had in 2017-18. Over that span, the Asian share moved 14 points, to 26%. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.9:1 to 10.8:1.
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