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Enrollment
780
High
DISTRICT 1,070 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000420
Loch Raven High
1212 Cowpens Ave, Baltimore, MD 21286 · (410) 887-3525 · Baltimore County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL780 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Maryland public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
443 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 208 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 184 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 168 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 220 | 28% |
Student demographics
63%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
44.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.7% | 10.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Loch Raven High
Loch Raven High's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loch Raven High this school | 780 | 56.8% | 26.4% |
| Henry E. Lackey High School Indian Head | 1,033 | 59.6% | 25.9% |
| Pikesville High Baltimore | 908 | 48.8% | 31.3% |
| Joppatowne High Joppa | 882 | 65.5% | 24.9% |
| Chesapeake High Baltimore | 1,052 | 67.2% | 26.6% |
| Edgewood High Edgewood | 1,440 | 59.4% | 31.6% |
Matched among Maryland high 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 Loch Raven High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #152 of 203 | #16 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #151 of 206 ▼ 52 | #16 of 24 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #148 of 206 ▲ 2 | #13 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 780 | #169 of 234 | #24 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #17 of 210 | #1 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #72 of 211 | #14 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.8% | #83 of 212 | #12 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #24 of 76 | #1 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
780
-56 (-7%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 953
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 780 | 60.1 | 13.0:1 | 57% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 855 | 58.8 | 14.5:1 | 54% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 891 | 60.3 | 14.8:1 | 56% (502) |
| 2020-21 | 836 | 60 | 13.9:1 | 47% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 859 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 39% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 876 | 53 | 16.5:1 | 33% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 1,002 | 65 | 15.4:1 | 24% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 1,015 | 59 | 17.2:1 | 7% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 953 | 63 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loch Raven High.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (859 to 780); teachers up 9% (55 to 60.1).
About Loch Raven High
Loch Raven High runs as a low-enrollment high school in Baltimore, Maryland. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 780 students. That is 34% below the average of about 1,185 students for high schools in Maryland.
Baltimore County Public Schools counts 110,872 students in its 177 schools, and Loch Raven High is one of them.
About 54% of the student body at Loch Raven High is Black. Other students are 26% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Baltimore County residents are about 31% Black. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Loch Raven High are from different groups.
Its ratio of 13.0:1 is based on 60.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Maryland is 15.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Loch Raven High holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 13% of Maryland public high schools.
A school in Maryland with Loch Raven High's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 40.6%. Loch Raven High scores 26.4%.
Census data for Baltimore County show median household income comes to about $91,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 180 public schools in the county, enrolling about 110,872, Loch Raven High among them.
Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Loch Raven High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Loch Raven High ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
Loch Raven High has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 836 (2020-21) to 780 (2024-25).
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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
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Nearby schools
- Cromwell Valley Elementary Regional Magnet0.9 mi · 395
- Oakleigh Elementary1.0 mi · 452
- Pleasant Plains Elementary1.0 mi · 575
- White Oak School1.2 mi · 60
- Loch Raven Technical Academy1.3 mi · 722
- Harford Hills Elementary1.5 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Loch Raven HighWhat is the total enrollment at Loch Raven High?
Loch Raven High enrolls approximately 780 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Loch Raven High serve?
Loch Raven High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Loch Raven High?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Loch Raven High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Loch Raven High?
At Loch Raven High, the student body is approximately 26% White, 11% Hispanic, 54% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Loch Raven High public or private?
Loch Raven High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.