White Oak School

White Oak School operates as an one-room-style elementary campus in Parkville, Maryland, operated by Baltimore County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 60 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 88% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. White Oak School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, White Oak School lists that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 37% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 1.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.

In the surrounding community, Baltimore County reports that median household income runs about $91,768, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Baltimore County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), White Oak School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oakleigh Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around White Oak School.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 35%: 93 students in 2018 compared to 60 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 31% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 2.6:1 in 2018 to 1.6:1 today.

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