Joppa View Elementary

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Baltimore, Maryland, Joppa View Elementary enrolls 491 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Baltimore County Public Schools.

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

On demographics, Joppa View Elementary reports that 32% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% White, 24% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Joppa View Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 49.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Baltimore County shows median household income runs about $91,768, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Joppa View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Perry Hall High, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Joppa View Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 40%: 824 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 47% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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