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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012090444
Joppa View Elementary
8727 Honeygo Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21128 · (410) 887-5065 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
261 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
59.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.4pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.9% | 42.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Joppa View Elementary
Joppa View Elementary's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joppa View Elementary this school | 491 | 53.2% | 49.7% |
| Perry Hall Elementary Baltimore | 476 | 48.3% | 63.1% |
| Westowne Elementary Catonsville | 635 | 56.5% | 45.2% |
| Catonsville Elementary Catonsville | 653 | 48.5% | 51.0% |
| Gunpowder Elementary Baltimore | 443 | 42.9% | 45.8% |
| College Gardens Elementary Rockville | 506 | 43.3% | 63.6% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Joppa View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #338 of 853 | #34 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #260 of 853 ▲ 120 | #31 of 109 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #300 of 853 ▲ 148 | #35 of 109 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #399 of 898 | #45 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #656 of 857 | #60 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #47 of 857 | #4 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #490 of 885 | #68 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.4% | #17 of 551 | #3 of 84 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
491
-194 (-28%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 491 | 31.5 | 15.6:1 | 53% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 28.8 | 17.8:1 | 48% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 29 | 18.2:1 | 55% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 40% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 824 | 47.6 | 17.3:1 | 33% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 756 | 43 | 17.6:1 | 32% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 26% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 31 | 20.4:1 | 8% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 27 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joppa View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (824 to 491); teachers down 34% (47.6 to 31.5).
About Joppa View Elementary
Joppa View Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Baltimore, Maryland. There are 491 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Baltimore County Public Schools serves 110,872 students across 177 schools.
The student body at Joppa View Elementary has no majority group. Black students lead at 32%. The next largest groups are 29% White, 24% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Baltimore County overall, the Black share is about 31%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 74%.
There are about 15.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Joppa View Elementary, which has 31.5. The school's 15.6:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Maryland. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 53%. That is in line with the 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County.
Joppa View Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.7% is 6.9 points above the 42.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Baltimore County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $91,768 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Joppa View Elementary shares Baltimore County with 179 other public schools.
About 0.6 miles separate Joppa View Elementary from the closest public school, Perry Hall High. The five-mile area around Joppa View Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Joppa View Elementary ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 49.7% versus a 54.9% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 28% decline took enrollment from 685 in 2020-21 to 491 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.1:1 in 2020-21 to 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Joppa View Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore County Public Schools
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Hall High0.6 mi · 2,012
- Honeygo Elementary1.2 mi · 698
- Perry Hall Middle1.3 mi · 1,582
- Chapel Hill Elementary1.4 mi · 535
- Perry Hall Elementary1.5 mi · 476
- Nottingham Middle2.0 mi · 1,279
Frequently asked questions
About Joppa View ElementaryHow many students attend Joppa View Elementary?
Joppa View Elementary enrolls approximately 491 students in grades PK-05.
Is Joppa View Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joppa View Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Joppa View Elementary have?
Joppa View Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Joppa View Elementary?
Joppa View Elementary reports a student body of 29% White, 9% Hispanic, 32% Black, 24% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Joppa View Elementary?
Joppa View Elementary is overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools in Baltimore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.