Shady Spring Elementary

Shady Spring Elementary operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in Baltimore, Maryland, run under Baltimore County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 375 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 481.

Shady Spring Elementary is one of 177 schools operated by Baltimore County Public Schools, a district that educates 110,872 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Shady Spring Elementary shows that 62% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest consists of 22% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Shady Spring Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.0%, the actual is 35.6%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Baltimore County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Shady Spring Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Overlea High, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shady Spring Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shady Spring Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 31.5%.

Shady Spring Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shady Spring Elementary has contracted 47%, going from 701 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.