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Which teacher or staff member at Wellwood International School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000492
Wellwood International School
2901 Smith Ave, Pikesville, MD 21208 · (410) 887-1212 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- B+Beats 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
12.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
191 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 38 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
64%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wellwood International School→BCDC Educational Center
Based on grade levels within Baltimore County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
56.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +14.5pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +20.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 36.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 →
Schools most like Wellwood International School
Wellwood International School's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellwood International School this school | 316 | 60.4% | 47.6% |
| Stevens Forest Elementary Columbia | 314 | 59.2% | 51.3% |
| Glenmar Elementary Baltimore | 263 | 60.5% | 23.1% |
| Rockledge Elementary Bowie | 319 | 62.4% | 33.6% |
| Elmwood Elementary Baltimore | 396 | 65.2% | 22.2% |
| Bryant Woods Elementary Columbia | 366 | 51.1% | 45.9% |
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 Wellwood International School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #366 of 853 | #38 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #232 of 853 ▲ 228 | #28 of 109 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #337 of 853 ▲ 139 | #44 of 109 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #731 of 898 | #97 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #239 of 857 | #7 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #313 of 857 | #57 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #397 of 885 | #61 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.4% | #34 of 551 | #10 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
316
-180 (-36%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 316 | 25.2 | 12.6:1 | 60% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 28.7 | 15.3:1 | 53% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 64% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 52% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 37.9 | 13.1:1 | 43% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 40% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 35% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 20% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wellwood International School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (497 to 316); teachers down 34% (37.9 to 25.2).
About Wellwood International School
Wellwood International School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Baltimore County Public Schools, located in Pikesville, Maryland. It educates 316 students in pre-K through 7. The typical figure for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students.
Wellwood International School is in Baltimore County Public Schools, a district with 110,872 students across 177 schools.
Black students make up a majority at Wellwood International School, at 54%. Other students are 19% Hispanic, 14% White, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 31% Black share among all Baltimore County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Wellwood International School operates with 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. Wellwood International School reports 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Wellwood International School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Wellwood International School is 9.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
Baltimore County has these Census figures: the median household income is $91,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Baltimore County is home to 180 public schools and about 110,872 public school students.
Nearby, Pikesville High is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 30.9% on proficiency, and Wellwood International School is above that at 47.6%.
Wellwood International School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Wellwood International School's enrollment declined from 496 in 2020-21 to 316 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.6:1, from 15.5:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- Pikesville High0.3 mi · 908
- Pikesville Middle0.7 mi · 943
- Frederick Douglass High0.9 mi · 539
- Cross Country Elementary/Middle0.9 mi · 740
- Summit Park Elementary0.9 mi · 520
- Fallstaff Elementary/Middle1.1 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Wellwood International SchoolHow large is Wellwood International School?
Wellwood International School enrolls approximately 316 students in grades PK-07.
What age range does Wellwood International School serve?
Wellwood International School serves students from grade PK through grade 07.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wellwood International School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wellwood International School is approximately 12.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wellwood International School?
At Wellwood International School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 19% Hispanic, 54% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Wellwood International School public or private?
Wellwood International School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.