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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Pikesville High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
908
High
DISTRICT 1,070 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000449
Pikesville High
7621 Labyrinth Rd, Baltimore, MD 21208 · (443) 809-1217 · Baltimore County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL908 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Maryland public high 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.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
443 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 244 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 260 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 177 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 227 | 25% |
Student demographics
66%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
51.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 10.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Pikesville High
Pikesville High's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikesville High this school | 908 | 48.8% | 31.3% |
| Loch Raven High Baltimore | 780 | 56.8% | 26.4% |
| Wilde Lake High Columbia | 1,197 | 42.6% | 32.5% |
| Aberdeen High Aberdeen | 1,396 | 51.6% | 29.9% |
| Maurice J. McDonough High School Pomfret | 1,163 | 40.9% | 35.2% |
| Henry E. Lackey High School Indian Head | 1,033 | 59.6% | 25.9% |
Matched among Maryland high 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 Pikesville High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #131 of 203 | #11 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #156 of 206 ▼ 13 | #21 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #130 of 206 ▼ 17 | #10 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 908 | #154 of 234 | #23 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #95 of 210 | #10 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #64 of 211 | #12 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #112 of 212 | #16 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #108 of 131 | #15 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high 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
908
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 904
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 908 | 56.5 | 16.1:1 | 49% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 901 | 57 | 15.8:1 | 45% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 895 | 57.6 | 15.5:1 | 46% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 905 | 58 | 15.6:1 | 42% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 875 | 52 | 16.8:1 | 39% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 51 | 16.5:1 | 34% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 872 | 62 | 14.1:1 | 27% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 1,054 | 63 | 16.7:1 | 10% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 904 | 56 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pikesville High.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (875 to 908); teachers up 9% (52 to 56.5).
About Pikesville High
Pikesville High is a high school in Baltimore, Maryland, according to federal school records. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 908 students. By comparison, high schools in Maryland enroll about 1,185 students on average.
Baltimore County Public Schools has 110,872 students spread across 177 schools.
More than half of the students at Pikesville High are Black (51%). Next come 24% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 31% Black among all Baltimore County residents. The diversity index for Pikesville High is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 56.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland is 0.8 students per teacher. Roughly 49% of students at Pikesville High can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Pikesville High lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Maryland public high schools.
Pikesville High falls short of its prediction by 14.1 points. The model expects 45.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Maryland; the school's rate is 31.3%.
The school's county is Baltimore County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $91,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 180 public schools in the county, enrolling about 110,872, Pikesville High among them.
Wellwood International School sits about 0.3 miles from Pikesville High. Pikesville High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Pikesville High comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Pikesville High's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 908, close to the 905 recorded in 2020-21.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. 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
Related schools
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Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
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- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Nearby schools
- Wellwood International School0.3 mi · 316
- Pikesville Middle0.4 mi · 943
- Frederick Douglass High0.9 mi · 539
- Cross Country Elementary/Middle0.9 mi · 740
- Summit Park Elementary1.1 mi · 520
- Fallstaff Elementary/Middle1.1 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Pikesville HighHow many students attend Pikesville High?
Pikesville High enrolls approximately 908 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Pikesville High serve?
Pikesville High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pikesville High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pikesville High is approximately 16.1:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pikesville High?
Student demographics at Pikesville High are roughly 24% White, 15% Hispanic, 51% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Pikesville High in?
Pikesville High is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.