Johnnycake Elementary

Located at 5910 Craigmont Rd, in Baltimore, Maryland, Johnnycake Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus that instructs 592 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Baltimore County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 23% above the state mean of about 481.

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

In terms of who attends, Johnnycake Elementary shows that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 33% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Johnnycake Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Johnnycake Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.7%; this one delivers 30.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Baltimore County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Johnnycake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Southwest Academy, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Johnnycake Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Johnnycake Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnnycake Elementary has declined 19%, going from 727 students in 2018 to 592 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 45% across the same window.

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