New Town Elementary

New Town Elementary, a high-enrollment primary school in Owings Mills, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools, teaches 772 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 60% above typical.

Across the 177 schools in Baltimore County Public Schools (110,872 students total), New Town Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, New Town Elementary reports that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting New Town Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Town Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. New Town Elementary is one of 180 public schools in Baltimore County (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students).

The closest other public school is New Town High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Town Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 33.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. New Town Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 842 (now 772). The White share of enrollment declined from 8% to 2% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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