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Enrollment
666
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000439
Owings Mills Elementary
10824 Reistertown Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117 · (410) 887-1710 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL666 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% 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.
- C+Beats 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
14.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
454 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 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
57%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
35.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
35.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 up about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 28.3% |
% 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Owings Mills Elementary
Owings Mills Elementary's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owings Mills Elementary this school | 666 | 68.2% | 35.4% |
| J. P. Ryon Elementary School Waldorf | 640 | 68.4% | 23.9% |
| Monarch Academy Annapolis ES Annapolis | 634 | 73.8% | 26.2% |
| Pleasant Plains Elementary Towson | 575 | 70.1% | 24.9% |
| Vansville Elementary Beltsville | 677 | 67.2% | 37.8% |
| Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 774 | 73.5% | 32.6% |
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 Owings Mills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #535 of 853 | #64 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #496 of 853 ▲ 74 | #62 of 109 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #623 of 853 ▼ 145 | #77 of 109 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 666 | #127 of 898 | #10 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #565 of 857 | #45 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #416 of 857 | #70 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #299 of 885 | #38 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #259 of 551 | #38 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
666
-80 (-11%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 608
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 666 | 44.8 | 14.9:1 | 68% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 45.5 | 15.9:1 | 64% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 47.8 | 15.6:1 | 63% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 48 | 15.5:1 | 67% (497) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 44.1 | 17.4:1 | 66% (509) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 64% (485) |
| 2010-11 | 787 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 63% (497) |
| 2000-01 | 845 | 48 | 17.6:1 | 41% (344) |
| 1990-91 | 608 | 32 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Owings Mills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (769 to 666); teachers up 2% (44.1 to 44.8).
About Owings Mills Elementary
Owings Mills Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Owings Mills, Maryland, one of the schools in Baltimore County Public Schools. It enrolled 666 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
Baltimore County Public Schools counts 177 schools and 110,872 students, including Owings Mills Elementary.
By race and ethnicity, Owings Mills Elementary is 53% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 38% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. In Baltimore County overall, about 31% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Owings Mills Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1, with 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Owings Mills Elementary is 68%. For comparison, public schools in Baltimore County average 53%.
The allk12 Grade for Owings Mills Elementary is C+. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 38% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Owings Mills Elementary is 1.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (35.4% versus 33.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
County data help place the school in context: in Baltimore County, median household income is about $91,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Baltimore County number 180 and enroll about 110,872.
Nearest public school: Owings Mills High, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Owings Mills Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Owings Mills Elementary at 3rd of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 746 to 666 over 4 years.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Owings Mills
- New Town HighHigh · 1,414 students
- Owings Mills HighHigh · 1,040 students
- New Town ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Lyons Mill ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Timber Grove ElementaryElementary · 608 students
- Deer Park ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Owings Mills High0.4 mi · 1,040
- Timber Grove Elementary1.2 mi · 608
- Cedarmere Elementary1.3 mi · 502
- New Town High2.0 mi · 1,414
- New Town Elementary2.1 mi · 772
- Franklin High2.1 mi · 1,481
Frequently asked questions
About Owings Mills ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Owings Mills Elementary?
Owings Mills Elementary enrolls approximately 666 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Owings Mills Elementary serve?
Owings Mills Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Owings Mills Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Owings Mills Elementary is approximately 14.9:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Owings Mills Elementary?
Student demographics at Owings Mills Elementary are roughly 4% White, 38% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Owings Mills Elementary public or private?
Owings Mills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.