Loch Raven Technical Academy

As a mid-sized middle-grades school in Baltimore, Maryland, Loch Raven Technical Academy instructs 722 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Baltimore County Public Schools.

Across the 177 schools in Baltimore County Public Schools (110,872 students total), Loch Raven Technical Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Loch Raven Technical Academy records that 67% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest consists of 14% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages about 14.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Baltimore County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Loch Raven Technical Academy is in the bottom 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.2%; Loch Raven Technical Academy posts 23.1%, -14.0 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Baltimore County reports that 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. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Loch Raven Technical Academy is one.

Pleasant Plains Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Loch Raven Technical Academy at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 743 students in 2018 compared to 722 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 6% to 12%.

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