Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000455
Powhatan Elementary
3300 Kelox Rd, Baltimore, MD 21207 · (410) 887-1330 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
169 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 22 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
46%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
61.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
40.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 61 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 have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 40.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 40.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Powhatan Elementary
Powhatan Elementary's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powhatan Elementary this school | 250 | 67.6% | 49.1% |
| Church Lane Elementary Randallstown | 273 | 66.7% | 39.0% |
| Glenmar Elementary Baltimore | 263 | 60.5% | 23.1% |
| Charles H. Chipman Elementary Salisbury | 303 | 70.6% | N/A |
| Marlton Elementary Upper Marlboro | 309 | 66.0% | 29.7% |
| Capitol Heights Elementary Capitol Heights | 317 | 60.9% | 61.2% |
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 Powhatan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #347 of 853 | #36 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #425 of 853 ▼ 30 | #51 of 109 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #269 of 853 ▲ 44 | #30 of 109 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #814 of 898 | #108 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #156 of 857 | #5 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #564 of 857 | #83 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #305 of 885 | #40 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #303 of 551 | #46 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
250
+34 (+16%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 250 | 21.2 | 11.8:1 | 68% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 222 | 20.7 | 10.7:1 | 61% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 21.2 | 11.4:1 | 66% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 21 | 10.3:1 | 71% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 283 | 21.3 | 13.3:1 | 63% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 68% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 296 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 68% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 50% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 15 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Powhatan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (283 to 250); teachers down 1% (21.3 to 21.2).
About Powhatan Elementary
Powhatan Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, (ZIP code 21207). The latest federal count shows 250 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland, enrollment here is 48% lower.
Powhatan Elementary is among 177 schools run by Baltimore County Public Schools, which serves 110,872 students.
At 70%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Powhatan Elementary combined. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian, and 2% White. By comparison, Baltimore County residents are about 31% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Powhatan Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
With 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Powhatan Elementary was 11.8:1. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. Powhatan Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 68%. Among public schools in Baltimore County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
allk12 grades Powhatan Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Powhatan Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 14.9 points (49.1% versus 34.2%), a top-10% result in Maryland on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Baltimore County show that median household income is about $91,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Powhatan Elementary is among the 180 public schools in Baltimore County.
Woodlawn Middle is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. Powhatan Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Powhatan Elementary ranks 1st on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Powhatan Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 250, 16% above the 216 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 11.8 students per teacher, compared with 10.3 in 2020-21.
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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 Powhatan Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Powhatan Elementary. Powhatan Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Powhatan ElementaryClayton, NC · 656 students
- Powhatan ElementaryPowhatan, VA · 477 students
- Powhatan Elementary SchoolPowhatan Point, OH · 200 students
Nearby schools
- Woodlawn Middle0.8 mi · 522
- Woodmoor Elementary1.1 mi · 567
- Campfield Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 165
- Featherbed Lane Elementary1.3 mi · 572
- Meadowood Education Center1.3 mi · 29
- Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle1.4 mi · 799
Frequently asked questions
About Powhatan ElementaryHow many students attend Powhatan Elementary?
Powhatan Elementary enrolls approximately 250 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Powhatan Elementary serve?
Powhatan Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Powhatan Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Powhatan Elementary is approximately 11.8:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Powhatan Elementary?
Powhatan Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 20% Hispanic, 70% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Powhatan Elementary?
Powhatan Elementary is overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools in Baltimore County.
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