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What tradition at Oakleigh Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000435
Oakleigh Elementary
1900 White Oak Ave, Baltimore, MD 21234 · (410) 887-5238 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
332 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 | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
27.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
18.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 28 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.7% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 27.2% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Oakleigh Elementary
Oakleigh Elementary's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakleigh Elementary this school | 452 | 73.5% | 25.5% |
| Mars Estates Elementary Baltimore | 400 | 75.8% | 27.1% |
| East Salisbury Elementary Salisbury | 486 | 73.5% | 25.9% |
| Shady Spring Elementary Baltimore | 375 | 73.1% | 35.6% |
| West Salisbury Salisbury | 409 | 68.0% | N/A |
| Lexington Park Elementary Lexington Park | 383 | 76.0% | 22.0% |
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 Oakleigh Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #711 of 853 | #93 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #769 of 853 ▼ 186 | #102 of 109 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #748 of 853 ▼ 68 | #95 of 109 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #496 of 898 | #60 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #316 of 857 | #13 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #323 of 857 | #59 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #241 of 885 | #17 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.1% | #45 of 551 | #13 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
452
-41 (-8%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 452 | 34.3 | 13.2:1 | 73% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 36.5 | 14.4:1 | 68% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 36.1 | 13.9:1 | 67% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 71% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 38.2 | 17.7:1 | 64% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 55% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 45% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 26% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 29 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakleigh Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (676 to 452); teachers down 10% (38.2 to 34.3).
About Oakleigh Elementary
Oakleigh Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Baltimore, Maryland. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 452 students.
A total of 177 schools make up Baltimore County Public Schools, with 110,872 students enrolled.
Black students are 54% of those enrolled at Oakleigh Elementary. Other reported shares: 24% Hispanic, 10% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 31% Black among all Baltimore County residents. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Oakleigh Elementary are from different groups.
Oakleigh Elementary lists 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.2 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 73% of the student body. The 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County is 20 points lower.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Oakleigh Elementary is 30.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.5%.
The school's county is Baltimore County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $91,768 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Oakleigh Elementary shares Baltimore County with 179 other public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, White Oak School, is the closest to Oakleigh Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Oakleigh Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Oakleigh Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 452, down from 493 in 2020-21.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Oakleigh ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Oakleigh Elementary?
Oakleigh Elementary enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
Is Oakleigh Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oakleigh Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Oakleigh Elementary have?
Oakleigh Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Oakleigh Elementary?
Oakleigh Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 24% Hispanic, 54% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakleigh Elementary?
Oakleigh Elementary is overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools in Baltimore County.
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