Hampton Elementary

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Lutherville, Maryland, Hampton Elementary works with 555 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.

Hampton Elementary is one of 177 schools operated by Baltimore County Public Schools, a district that caters to 110,872 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hampton Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 25% Black, 8% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Hampton Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at Hampton Elementary qualify 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, Hampton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,768, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Hampton Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: George W. Carver Center for Arts & Technology, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hampton Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hampton Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 64.1%.

Hampton Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Hampton Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 568 (now 555). Over the same period, the Black share grew from 15% to 25%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Hampton Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.