Oliver Beach Elementary

Oliver Beach Elementary is an elementary-level community of very small scale in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the schools within Baltimore County Public Schools, educateing 150 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Oliver Beach Elementary sits 69% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Baltimore County Public Schools, which oversees 177 schools and 110,872 students, Oliver Beach Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Oliver Beach Elementary records that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 53%.

On the resource side, On paper, Oliver Beach Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Baltimore County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Oliver Beach Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 70.0%, a residual of +19.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Baltimore County) logs that median household earnings sit near $91,768, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Oliver Beach Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Riverside Elementary, roughly 2.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oliver Beach Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oliver Beach Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oliver Beach Elementary has declined 26%, going from 204 students in 2018 to 150 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 90% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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