Winand Elementary

Winand Elementary, an average-sized elementary campus in Baltimore, Maryland, part of Baltimore County Public Schools, serves 426 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 177 schools in Baltimore County Public Schools (110,872 students total), Winand Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Winand Elementary shows that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest looks like 6% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Baltimore County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Winand Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of +7.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Baltimore County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $91,768 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Winand Elementary is one of 180 public schools in Baltimore County (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students).

Northwest Academy of Health Sciences is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Winand Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Winand Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.9%.

Winand Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 543 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 91% to 86% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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