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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Pine Grove Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000450
Pine Grove Elementary
2701 Summit Ave, Baltimore, MD 21234 · (410) 887-5267 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
203 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 | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
72%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
58.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 47.9% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Pine Grove Elementary
Pine Grove Elementary's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove Elementary this school | 418 | 48.6% | 49.6% |
| Seven Oaks Elementary Baltimore | 454 | 42.1% | 53.7% |
| Jeffers Hill Elementary Columbia | 406 | 44.1% | 41.6% |
| Summit Park Elementary Baltimore | 520 | 41.7% | 62.5% |
| Bryant Woods Elementary Columbia | 366 | 51.1% | 45.9% |
| North Salisbury Elementary Salisbury | 526 | 49.0% | 61.6% |
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 Pine Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #339 of 853 | #35 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #411 of 853 ▼ 102 | #49 of 109 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #311 of 853 ▲ 45 | #38 of 109 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #562 of 898 | #70 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #307 of 857 | #12 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #127 of 857 | #22 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.6% | #536 of 885 | #74 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.9% | #68 of 551 | #17 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
418
-147 (-26%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 418 | 31.9 | 13.1:1 | 49% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 43% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 34.6 | 14.5:1 | 47% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 37% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 33.5 | 17.6:1 | 33% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 35% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 32% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 8% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 28 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (588 to 418); teachers down 5% (33.5 to 31.9).
About Pine Grove Elementary
Pine Grove Elementary sits in Baltimore, Maryland, and is classified as an elementary school. In all, 418 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Baltimore County Public Schools is made up of 177 schools with 110,872 students in all.
The biggest share of students at Pine Grove Elementary, 37%, is Black. The remaining shares are 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The diversity index for Pine Grove Elementary is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 13.1:1 is based on 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. In all, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Pine Grove Elementary is 4.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (49.6% versus 45.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
Looking at the county, Baltimore County, the median household earns about $91,768 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Pine Grove Elementary, Baltimore County has 180 public schools.
Pine Grove Middle sits about 0.4 miles from Pine Grove Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Pine Grove Elementary places 1st of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Pine Grove Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school shrank from 565 students in 2020-21 to 418 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.1:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Pine Grove Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Other Pine Grove Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Pine Grove Elementary. Pine Grove Elementary is the 8th largest of the 11.
- PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBROOKSVILLE, FL · 943 students
- Pine Grove Elementary SchoolValdosta, GA · 756 students
- Pine Grove ElementarySanta Maria, CA · 569 students
- Pine Grove Elementary SchoolPine Grove, PA · 563 students
- Pine Grove ElementaryColumbia, SC · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Pine Grove Middle0.4 mi · 804
- Harford Hills Elementary0.9 mi · 373
- Carney Elementary1.3 mi · 524
- Northeast EDLP at Parkville High School1.7 mi · 1
- Parkville High1.7 mi · 1,877
- Oakleigh Elementary1.7 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Grove ElementaryHow many students attend Pine Grove Elementary?
Pine Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pine Grove Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pine Grove Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pine Grove Elementary have?
Pine Grove Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Pine Grove Elementary?
Pine Grove Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 37% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Pine Grove Elementary in?
Pine Grove Elementary is part of Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.