Timber Grove Elementary

Timber Grove Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Owings Mills, Maryland, run under Baltimore County Public Schools, with 608 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 481.

Timber Grove Elementary is one of 177 schools operated by Baltimore County Public Schools, a district that works with 110,872 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Timber Grove Elementary shows that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 35% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% White, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 69% 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 above Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Timber Grove Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 30.1%.

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%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Timber Grove Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Cedarmere Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Timber Grove Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Timber Grove Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 32.8%.

Timber Grove Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Timber Grove Elementary has decreased 3%, going from 630 students in 2018 to 608 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 13% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Timber Grove Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.