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Timonium Elementary
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Timonium Elementary
As a moderately sized elementary campus in Timonium, Maryland, Timonium Elementary teaches 445 students from grades K through 5, run under Baltimore County Public Schools.
Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Timonium Elementary is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Timonium Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Timonium Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 62.4%; this one delivers 77.8%, a residual of +15.4 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Baltimore County) records that median household earnings sit near $91,768, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), Timonium Elementary is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Ridgely Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Timonium Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Timonium Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.1%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Timonium Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 447 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 59% across the same window.
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