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What's one thing Padonia International Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012090440
Padonia International Elementary
9834 Greenside Dr, Cockeysville, MD 21030 · (410) 887-7646 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% 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
12.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
327 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 | 63 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
61%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
31.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.8pp since 2023
Math
37.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +21.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 22 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.1% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 16.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Padonia International Elementary
Padonia International Elementary's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padonia International Elementary this school | 505 | 64.8% | 26.1% |
| Brookhaven Elementary Rockville | 436 | 60.8% | 39.5% |
| Twinbrook Elementary Rockville | 459 | 57.1% | 34.0% |
| Fox Chapel Elementary Germantown | 617 | 61.1% | 46.7% |
| Strawberry Knoll Elementary Gaithersburg | 448 | 57.8% | 46.4% |
| Brown Station Elementary Gaithersburg | 572 | 57.5% | 33.3% |
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 Padonia International Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #698 of 853 | #90 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #467 of 853 ▲ 304 | #58 of 109 ▲ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #706 of 853 ▲ 76 | #90 of 109 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #372 of 898 | #42 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #256 of 857 | #9 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #350 of 857 | #64 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #344 of 885 | #54 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #252 of 294 | #20 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
505
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 505 | 39.8 | 12.7:1 | 65% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 59% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 38.3 | 14.7:1 | 79% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 41 | 12.4:1 | 68% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 34.5 | 14.3:1 | 64% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 67% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 43% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 23% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 19 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Padonia International Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (494 to 505); teachers up 15% (34.5 to 39.8).
About Padonia International Elementary
Padonia International Elementary is an elementary school in Cockeysville, Maryland, reachable at (410) 887-7646. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 505 students in pre-K through 5.
Baltimore County Public Schools is responsible for 177 schools, Padonia International Elementary included, with 110,872 students in all.
Padonia International Elementary's enrollment is 58% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 17% Black, 13% Asian, 7% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Baltimore County's population at about 8%. By the diversity index, Padonia International Elementary comes in at 61%.
Federal data list 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Padonia International Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.7:1. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The lunch program counts 65% of students at Padonia International Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County.
Padonia International Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 35.9% at Padonia International Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 26.1%.
Across Baltimore County, median household income is about $91,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Padonia International Elementary is among the 180 public schools in Baltimore County.
Cockeysville Middle is the public school closest to Padonia International Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Padonia International Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Padonia International Elementary ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 26.1% versus a 57.8% average.
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).
Federal data show 508 students in 2020-21 and 505 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
The Padonia International Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Cockeysville
- Cockeysville MiddleMiddle · 928 students
- Warren ElementaryElementary · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Cockeysville Middle0.8 mi · 928
- Pot Spring Elementary1.0 mi · 434
- Dulaney High1.1 mi · 1,889
- Pinewood Elementary1.2 mi · 598
- Warren Elementary1.5 mi · 381
- Timonium Elementary1.9 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Padonia International ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Padonia International Elementary?
Padonia International Elementary enrolls approximately 505 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Padonia International Elementary serve?
Padonia International Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Padonia International Elementary have?
Padonia International Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Padonia International Elementary?
At Padonia International Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 58% Hispanic, 17% Black, 13% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Padonia International Elementary public or private?
Padonia International 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.