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What's the most underrated thing about Woodholme Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
685
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012001405
Woodholme Elementary
300 Mt Wilson Ln, Baltimore, MD 21208 · (410) 887-6762 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
435 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 44 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
49%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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
38.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
24.3%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.6% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 28.6% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Woodholme Elementary
Woodholme Elementary's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodholme Elementary this school | 685 | 63.5% | 32.4% |
| Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School Waldorf | 661 | 59.9% | 26.1% |
| Bedford Elementary Baltimore | 586 | 64.5% | 41.1% |
| J. C. Parks Elementary School Indian Head | 653 | 59.7% | 34.2% |
| C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School Waldorf | 598 | 60.5% | 53.9% |
| Northview Elementary Bowie | 587 | 62.5% | 33.2% |
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 Woodholme Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #597 of 853 | #73 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #675 of 853 ▼ 112 | #83 of 109 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #583 of 853 ▼ 46 | #68 of 109 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #111 of 898 | #7 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #586 of 857 | #47 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #538 of 857 | #79 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #352 of 885 | #56 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #221 of 551 | #35 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
685
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 820
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 685 | 45.7 | 15.0:1 | 64% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 43.7 | 15.2:1 | 59% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 42.7 | 16.3:1 | 58% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 679 | 43 | 15.8:1 | 66% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 809 | 48.5 | 16.7:1 | 61% (493) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 46 | 16.8:1 | 57% (441) |
| 2010-11 | 820 | 48 | 17.1:1 | 42% (343) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodholme Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (809 to 685); teachers down 6% (48.5 to 45.7).
About Woodholme Elementary
Woodholme Elementary is an elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, and it is part of Baltimore County Public Schools. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 685 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481, so this school runs 42% larger than that.
Woodholme Elementary is run by Baltimore County Public Schools, whose 177 schools enroll 110,872 students.
At Woodholme Elementary, Black students make up 68% of the student body. The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic, 6% White, and 2% multiracial. Baltimore County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 45.7 full-time equivalents, or about 15.0 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 15.0:1 here. About 64% of students, or 435, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Baltimore County average 53%.
allk12 grades Woodholme Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Maryland, Woodholme Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 32.4% actual against a predicted 36.6%.
Baltimore County has about 850,796 residents, and the median household income is $91,768, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Baltimore County has 180 public schools and roughly 110,872 students.
The school nearest to Woodholme Elementary is Winand Elementary, at a distance of about 1.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Woodholme Elementary is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Woodholme Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 679 to 685, a small change.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Woodholme Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Nearby schools
- Winand Elementary1.4 mi · 426
- Northwest Academy of Health Sciences1.7 mi · 808
- Church Lane Elementary2.2 mi · 273
- Milford Mill Academy2.3 mi · 1,471
- Northwest EDLP at Milford Mill Academy2.3 mi · 1
- Scotts Branch Elementary2.3 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Woodholme ElementaryHow large is Woodholme Elementary?
Woodholme Elementary enrolls approximately 685 students in grades PK-05.
Is Woodholme Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodholme Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Woodholme Elementary?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Woodholme Elementary.
How diverse is Woodholme Elementary?
Woodholme Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 22% Hispanic, 68% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodholme Elementary?
Woodholme Elementary is overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools in Baltimore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.