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Dundalk Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
833rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 865 Maryland Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of Maryland elementary schools
Summary

Dundalk Elementary is a public elementary school serving 745 students in grades PK-5 in the Baltimore County Public Schools district, which is ranked 17 out of 25 districts in the state.

Dundalk Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of Maryland elementary schools, with significantly lower proficiency rates in MCAP tests compared to the county and state averages across all grades and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, only 6.4% of Dundalk students were proficient in Math, compared to 20.7% in the county and 26.5% statewide. The school's performance on English Language Arts assessments is also concerning, with only 18.2% of all students proficient compared to 45% in the county and 50.8% statewide. Dundalk Elementary has also experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 28% to 52.5% over the past few years, significantly higher than the district and state averages.

While Dundalk Elementary performs better than some nearby Baltimore City schools, such as Holabird Academy, the gap is not as wide as one might expect. Nearby schools in the Baltimore County Public Schools district, like Charlesmont Elementary, generally perform better than Dundalk Elementary on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates in Math and ELA. However, these nearby schools also have high rates of chronic absenteeism and a large percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, similar to Dundalk Elementary.

757
Students ?
15.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,931
Per pupil spending ?
75.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2717 Playfield Street
       Baltimore, MD  21222

(443) 809-7013

District: Baltimore County Public Schools


Students who attend Dundalk Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Dundalk Middle
High:    Dundalk High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
42.5%
African American:
26.7%
White:
20.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 28th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Maryland average (11% vs 38% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 24 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school11%
District avg32%
Maryland avg38%
833rd of 865
Maryland public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 24 pts since 2015
From bottom 28% (2015) to bottom 4% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
108th of 108Elementary Schools in the Baltimore County Public Schools
17th of 25Baltimore County Public Schools among Maryland districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202510.1833 of 8653.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.5835 of 8592.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.7831 of 8552.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.1790 of 8628.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.5750 of 8026.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.9770 of 8539.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.9747 of 85712.8%★☆☆☆☆
201715.6724 of 84714.5%★☆☆☆☆
201616.7715 of 84515.4%★☆☆☆☆
201525.7617 of 85928.2%★☆☆☆☆
201443.6569 of 86734.4%★★☆☆☆
201345.3511 of 84739.7%★★☆☆☆
201254.0457 of 85746.7%★★☆☆☆
201142.1544 of 85336.2%★★☆☆☆
201023.1740 of 85513.5%★☆☆☆☆
200929.6669 of 85021.3%★☆☆☆☆
200815.6768 of 8388.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200775.5182 of 81877.8%★★★★☆
200682.0116 of 80485.6%★★★★☆
200583.994 of 80588.3%★★★★☆
200476.3181 of 80377.5%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202113.6747 of 7966.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202128.6438 of 54619.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202113.3741 of 7886.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202116.249 of 525.8%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202110.8500 of 5285.3%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2021)20th percentile+13 vs school
Female (2021)6th percentile~ school
Male (2021)6th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2021)6th percentile~ school
White (2021)5th percentile~ school
By subject vs Maryland (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts18%-33 vs state
Mathematics6%-20 vs state
Science6%-20 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Dundalk Elementary

In the 2024-25 school year, 757 students attended Dundalk Elementary.

Dundalk Elementary ranks in the bottom 3.7% of Maryland elementary schools.

Students who attend Dundalk Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Dundalk Middle
High : Dundalk High

Students at Dundalk Elementary are 43% Hispanic, 27% African American, 20% White, 9% Two or more races, 1% Asian.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland State Department of Education.

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