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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Rossville Elementary?
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Enrollment
726
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012090482
Rossville Elementary
7649 Gum Spring Road, Baltimore, MD 21237 · (443) 809-8519 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
430 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
58.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +13.5pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 →
About Rossville Elementary
Located at 7649 Gum Spring Road, in Baltimore, Maryland, Rossville Elementary is an expansive elementary school that teaches 726 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Baltimore County Public Schools. That puts it 51% bigger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.
Baltimore County Public Schools comprises 177 schools with combined enrollment of 110,872 students; Rossville Elementary is among them.
On the student-mix side, Rossville Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% White, 18% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Rossville Elementary reports 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Rossville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.2%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of +7.5 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Rossville Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nottingham Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rossville Elementary. On composite proficiency, Rossville Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 31.1%.
Rossville Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.
On allk12, the feed for Rossville Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Nearby schools
- Nottingham Middle1.0 mi · 1,279
- Shady Spring Elementary1.2 mi · 375
- Overlea High1.3 mi · 1,474
- Fullerton Elementary1.5 mi · 383
- Elmwood Elementary1.7 mi · 396
- Rosedale Center1.8 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About Rossville ElementaryHow large is Rossville Elementary?
Rossville Elementary enrolls approximately 726 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rossville Elementary serve?
Rossville Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rossville Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rossville Elementary is approximately 15.4:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rossville Elementary?
Student demographics at Rossville Elementary are roughly 19% White, 10% Hispanic, 48% Black, 18% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Rossville Elementary?
Rossville Elementary is overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools in Baltimore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.