Enrollment
150
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012001406
Oliver Beach Elementary
12912 Cunninghill Cove Rd, Baltimore, MD 21220 · (410) 887-5943 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL150 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
60 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 15 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
38%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
71.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -18.3pp since 2023
Math
63.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.7% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Oliver Beach Elementary
Oliver Beach Elementary's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Beach Elementary this school | 150 | 40.0% | 70.0% |
| Wolfsville Elementary Myersville | 163 | 35.0% | 69.0% |
| Sabillasville Environmental School Sabillasville | 196 | 34.7% | 36.8% |
| Dublin Elementary Street | 222 | 40.5% | 69.9% |
| Route 40 Elementary Frostburg | 123 | 44.7% | 52.0% |
| White Marsh Elementary Mechanicsville | 220 | 35.5% | 71.7% |
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 Oliver Beach Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #100 of 853 | #17 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #162 of 853 ▲ 72 | #20 of 109 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #129 of 853 ▼ 122 | #18 of 109 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 150 | #877 of 898 | #110 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #624 of 885 | #85 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #87 of 551 | #19 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
150
-18 (-11%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 150 | 11.7 | 12.8:1 | 40% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 149 | 11.8 | 12.7:1 | 43% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 148 | 12.3 | 12.1:1 | 53% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 168 | 12 | 14.0:1 | 29% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 14.3 | 14.3:1 | 24% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 214 | 16 | 13.4:1 | 23% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 19 | 14.2:1 | 24% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 296 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 18% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 16 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oliver Beach Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (204 to 150); teachers down 18% (14.3 to 11.7).
About Oliver Beach Elementary
Oliver Beach Elementary is a very small elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the schools in Baltimore County Public Schools. It reports enrollment of 150 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average enrollment is about 481.
Baltimore County Public Schools has 110,872 students in 177 schools, and Oliver Beach Elementary is one of those schools.
The largest group at Oliver Beach Elementary is White students, at 77%. Enrollment also includes 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Among people living in Baltimore County, the White share is about 53%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Oliver Beach Elementary scores 38%.
Oliver Beach Elementary reports a ratio of 12.8 students per teacher, from 11.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 1.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Oliver Beach Elementary, 40% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Baltimore County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
Oliver Beach Elementary is a top-10% school in Maryland on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.5% with an actual 70.0%.
The school is in Baltimore County, where median household income comes to about $91,768, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Baltimore County counts 180 public schools with about 110,872 students.
Riverside Elementary is the nearest public school to Oliver Beach Elementary, about 2.3 miles away. Oliver Beach Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 70.0% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Oliver Beach 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 was 150 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 168. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.0:1 in 2020-21 to 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Oliver Beach Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Oliver Beach ElementaryHow many students attend Oliver Beach Elementary?
Oliver Beach Elementary enrolls approximately 150 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Oliver Beach Elementary serve?
Oliver Beach Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oliver Beach Elementary?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Oliver Beach Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oliver Beach Elementary?
At Oliver Beach Elementary, the student body is approximately 77% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Oliver Beach Elementary public or private?
Oliver Beach Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.
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