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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000434
Norwood Elementary
1700 Delvale Ave, Baltimore, MD 21222 · (410) 887-7055 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
372 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 | 44 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 25% |
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Norwood Elementary→Holabird Middle
Based on grade levels within Baltimore County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
25.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
17.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 28.7% |
% 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
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Norwood Elementary
Norwood Elementary's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood Elementary this school | 521 | 71.4% | 25.7% |
| Berkshire Elementary Baltimore | 514 | 73.3% | 21.4% |
| Germantown Elementary Annapolis | 467 | 75.6% | 29.6% |
| Morrell Park Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 451 | 70.3% | 24.0% |
| Glen Haven Elementary Silver Spring | 540 | 64.4% | 34.5% |
| Baltimore Highlands Elementary Baltimore | 461 | 76.4% | 20.5% |
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 Norwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #707 of 853 | #91 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #772 of 853 ▼ 212 | #103 of 109 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #774 of 853 ▼ 130 | #99 of 109 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #336 of 898 | #37 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #768 of 857 | #87 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #331 of 857 | #60 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #257 of 885 | #26 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.3% | #152 of 294 | #12 of 23 |
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
521
+51 (+11%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 521 | 31.3 | 16.6:1 | 71% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 31.7 | 16.4:1 | 66% (341) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 30.1 | 17.4:1 | 65% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 71% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 28.5 | 16.9:1 | 69% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 69% (353) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 40 | 15.0:1 | 68% (405) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 44% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 27 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (481 to 521); teachers up 10% (28.5 to 31.3).
About Norwood Elementary
Norwood Elementary is a public elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. Enrollment is 521 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 3.
Norwood Elementary is one of 177 schools in Baltimore County Public Schools, which enrolls 110,872 students in total.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Norwood Elementary, at 54%. Other students are 25% White, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 8% Hispanic share among all Baltimore County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 71%. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County is 18 points.
Norwood Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.0% for Norwood Elementary. The school posts 25.7%, 6.3 points below the prediction.
Among Baltimore County residents, the median household income is $91,768, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Norwood Elementary is one of 180 public schools in the county.
Holabird Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Norwood Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Norwood Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school enrolled 521 students in 2024-25, 51 more than the 470 it had in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Other Norwood Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Norwood Elementary. Norwood Elementary is the largest of the 10.
- Norwood ElementaryKnoxville, TN · 471 students
- Norwood Elementary SchoolWest Jefferson, OH · 445 students
- NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 443 students
- Norwood Elementary SchoolBURLESON, TX · 425 students
- Norwood ElementaryNorwood, NC · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Holabird Middle0.1 mi · 1,027
- Southeast EDLP at Dundalk High School0.7 mi · 2
- Dundalk High0.7 mi · 2,087
- Berkshire Elementary0.8 mi · 514
- Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle0.9 mi · 774
- Holabird Academy1.1 mi · 650
Frequently asked questions
About Norwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Norwood Elementary?
Norwood Elementary enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Norwood Elementary serve?
Norwood Elementary serves grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at Norwood Elementary?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Norwood Elementary.
How diverse is Norwood Elementary?
Norwood Elementary reports a student body of 25% White, 54% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Norwood Elementary?
Norwood Elementary is overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools in Baltimore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.