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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at New Town Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
772
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012001159
New Town Elementary
4924 New Town Blvd, Owings Mills, MD 21117 · (410) 887-1541 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL772 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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
17.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
439 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 | 39 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
33%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
51.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
37.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.5% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 32.7% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 New Town Elementary
New Town Elementary's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Town Elementary this school | 772 | 56.9% | 41.5% |
| Hamilton Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 801 | 61.4% | 30.5% |
| William B. Wade Elementary School Waldorf | 651 | 57.1% | 38.5% |
| Barack Obama Elementary Upper Marlboro | 629 | 54.4% | 34.8% |
| Thomas G. Pullen Landover | 740 | 48.5% | 42.3% |
| Lyons Mill Elementary Owings Mills | 671 | 50.1% | 41.7% |
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 New Town Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #458 of 853 | #54 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #472 of 853 ▲ 38 | #59 of 109 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #400 of 853 ▲ 44 | #49 of 109 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 772 | #50 of 898 | #2 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #835 of 857 | #107 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #701 of 857 | #96 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #462 of 885 | #66 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #385 of 551 | #59 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
772
-46 (-6%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 799
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 772 | 43.1 | 17.9:1 | 57% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 42.2 | 18.5:1 | 54% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 809 | 44.7 | 18.1:1 | 61% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 818 | 49 | 16.7:1 | 49% (401) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 50.6 | 16.6:1 | 38% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 837 | 47 | 17.8:1 | 35% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 799 | 47 | 17.0:1 | 29% (234) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Town Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (842 to 772); teachers down 15% (50.6 to 43.1).
About New Town Elementary
New Town Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Owings Mills, Maryland. The school's enrollment of 772 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 60% higher than the average for elementary schools in Maryland, which is about 481.
A total of 177 schools make up Baltimore County Public Schools, with 110,872 students enrolled.
About 81% of the student body at New Town Elementary is Black. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% White. County-wide, 31% of Baltimore County residents are Black. New Town Elementary's diversity index is 33%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at New Town Elementary is 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.9:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. About 57% of students, or 439, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, New Town Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.6% at New Town Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.5%.
Within Baltimore County, the median household income is $91,768, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides New Town Elementary, Baltimore County has 179 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, New Town High, is about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, New Town Elementary places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 46 students since 2020-21, to 772. Students per teacher rose from 16.7 in 2020-21 to 17.9 in 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
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 Owings Mills
- New Town HighHigh · 1,414 students
- Owings Mills HighHigh · 1,040 students
- Lyons Mill ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Owings Mills ElementaryElementary · 666 students
- Timber Grove ElementaryElementary · 608 students
- Deer Park ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Other New Town Elementary schools
One other US public school is named New Town Elementary. New Town Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- New Town ElementaryWaxhaw, NC · 691 students
Nearby schools
- New Town High0.1 mi · 1,414
- Lyons Mill Elementary1.0 mi · 671
- Deer Park Elementary1.0 mi · 384
- Deer Park Middle Magnet School1.1 mi · 1,127
- Owings Mills High1.7 mi · 1,040
- Randallstown High1.8 mi · 1,091
Frequently asked questions
About New Town ElementaryHow many students attend New Town Elementary?
New Town Elementary enrolls approximately 772 students in grades PK-05.
Is New Town Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Town Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does New Town Elementary have?
New Town Elementary employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Town Elementary?
At New Town Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 8% Hispanic, 81% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is New Town Elementary public or private?
New Town Elementary 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.