West Towson Elementary

Set in Baltimore, Maryland, West Towson Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school, run under Baltimore County Public Schools. It serves 445 students across grades pre-K through 5.

West Towson Elementary is one of 177 schools operated by Baltimore County Public Schools, a district that caters to 110,872 students overall.

In terms of who attends, West Towson Elementary shows that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 53% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Baltimore County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Towson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.7%, the actual is 75.5%, a residual of +11.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Baltimore County) reports that 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%. West Towson Elementary is one of 180 public schools in Baltimore County (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students).

The closest other public school is Ridge/Ruxton School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, West Towson Elementary comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.

West Towson Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Towson Elementary has declined 10%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 73% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the West Towson Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.