Hernwood Elementary

Located at 9919 Marriottsville Rd, in Randallstown, Maryland, Hernwood Elementary is a compact elementary campus that instructs 350 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Baltimore County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 481.

Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Hernwood Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hernwood Elementary lists that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Hernwood Elementary logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Baltimore County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hernwood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.5%; this one delivers 35.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Hernwood Elementary is one.

Deer Park Middle Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hernwood Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 91% to 81% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.