Padonia International Elementary

Padonia International Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus in Cockeysville, Maryland, operated by Baltimore County Public Schools. The school enrolls 505 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Padonia International Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Padonia International Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Black, 13% Asian, 7% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Padonia International Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Padonia International Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at Padonia International Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.

After controlling for student poverty, Padonia International Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 26.1%, a residual of -9.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Baltimore County put median household income runs about $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), Padonia International Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cockeysville Middle, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Padonia International Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Padonia International Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 494 students in 2018 to 505 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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