Westowne Elementary

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in Catonsville, Maryland, Westowne Elementary enrolls 635 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Baltimore County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 481.

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

On the student-mix side, Westowne Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 34%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% White, 19% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Westowne Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Westowne Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 45.2%, a residual of +4.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Baltimore County) logs that median household earnings sit near $91,768, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Westowne Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Johnnycake Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Westowne Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Westowne Elementary's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 689 (now 635). Over the same period, the White share fell from 39% to 24%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.