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Enrollment
657
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012001722
Mays Chapel Elementary
12250 Roundwood Road, Timonium, MD 21093 · (443) 809-4134 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
209 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 | 46 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
72%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
60.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.8% | 55.7% |
% 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
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Mays Chapel Elementary
Mays Chapel Elementary's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mays Chapel Elementary this school | 657 | 31.8% | 57.5% |
| Nantucket Elementary Crofton | 675 | 27.9% | 55.1% |
| Waterloo Elementary Columbia | 666 | 32.1% | 67.9% |
| Rachel Carson Elementary Gaithersburg | 671 | 27.0% | 75.2% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Baltimore | 678 | 33.8% | 75.0% |
| Garrett Park Elementary Kensington | 724 | 24.9% | 61.8% |
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 Mays Chapel Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #247 of 853 | #28 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #296 of 853 ▼ 72 | #33 of 109 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #287 of 853 ▼ 91 | #32 of 109 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #136 of 898 | #12 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #806 of 857 | #94 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #100 of 857 | #14 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.8% | #698 of 885 | #92 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #280 of 551 | #40 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
657
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 657 | 38.4 | 17.1:1 | 32% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 36.5 | 15.7:1 | 29% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 36.1 | 15.7:1 | 33% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 27% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 750 | 42.2 | 17.8:1 | 26% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 38 | 17.7:1 | 25% (169) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mays Chapel Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (750 to 657); teachers down 9% (42.2 to 38.4).
About Mays Chapel Elementary
Mays Chapel Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Timonium, Maryland. The school counted 657 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 37% more students than the average for elementary schools in Maryland (about 481).
Mays Chapel Elementary is in Baltimore County Public Schools, a district with 110,872 students across 177 schools.
Of every 100 students at Mays Chapel Elementary, about 43 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 19% Black, 15% Hispanic, 15% Asian, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Baltimore County is roughly 53% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Mays Chapel Elementary has 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.1:1. The school's 17.1:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Maryland. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 32%. That rate is below the 53% average among public schools in Baltimore County.
On the allk12 Grade, Mays Chapel Elementary lands at B, ahead of 61% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Mays Chapel Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.5%, compared with a predicted 55.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Baltimore County, median household income comes to about $91,768, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Baltimore County counts 180 public schools with about 110,872 students.
Pinewood Elementary sits about 1.9 miles from Mays Chapel Elementary. Mays Chapel Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Mays Chapel Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Mays Chapel Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Mays Chapel Elementary was 668 in 2020-21 and 657 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.2:1 to 17.1:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for Mays Chapel Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
Other schools in Timonium
- Dulaney HighHigh · 1,889 students
- Pinewood ElementaryElementary · 598 students
- Timonium ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Pot Spring ElementaryElementary · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Pinewood Elementary1.9 mi · 598
- Padonia International Elementary2.0 mi · 505
- Cockeysville Middle2.3 mi · 928
- Pot Spring Elementary2.9 mi · 434
- Dulaney High3.0 mi · 1,889
- Riderwood Elementary3.2 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Mays Chapel ElementaryHow many students attend Mays Chapel Elementary?
Mays Chapel Elementary enrolls approximately 657 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mays Chapel Elementary serve?
Mays Chapel Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mays Chapel Elementary?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Mays Chapel Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Mays Chapel Elementary?
Student demographics at Mays Chapel Elementary are roughly 43% White, 15% Hispanic, 19% Black, 15% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Mays Chapel Elementary in?
Mays Chapel Elementary is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.