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New Town Elementary

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New Town Elementary ranks 452 nd of 864 Maryland elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

452^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 864 Maryland Elementary Schools

Better than 48% of Maryland elementary schools

Summary

New Town Elementary in Owings Mills, MD, is a mid-sized school serving 772 students from Pre-K through 5th grade within the Baltimore County Public Schools district, where about 57% of students come from low socio-economic backgrounds. While the school has consistently earned a 2-star state ranking, it stands out for its strong math instruction, outperforming nearby schools like Reisterstown Elementary (15.3% proficiency), Hernwood Elementary (16.1%), and Timber Grove Elementary (25.1%) with a 28.3% all-grades math proficiency rate. However, a closer look reveals a "3rd grade bump" in math, where proficiency drops from 36.8% in 3rd grade to 22.5% by 5th grade, suggesting a challenge in sustaining learning gains in upper elementary grades.

One of the most notable findings is New Town's exceptional performance with its African American students, who ranked in the 70th percentile statewide in 2020-2021—a stark contrast to its overall 2-star rating. This success is not replicated for other subgroups, such as low socio-economic status students, who ranked in the 36th percentile. The school also operates more cost-effectively than its peers, spending $16,398 per student—significantly less than Church Lane Elementary ($22,537) and Winand Elementary ($20,516)—but with a higher student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1, meaning larger class sizes compared to nearby schools.

Chronic absenteeism, a major challenge that peaked at 32.3% in 2022-2023, has shown strong improvement, dropping to 21.4% in 2024-2025—now lower than the district average (25.6%) and better than Timber Grove Elementary (33.2%) and Reisterstown Elementary (31.8%). Science remains a consistent weak point, with only 8.9% proficiency in 2023-2024, though a recent improvement to 27.5% in 2025-2026 offers hope. Nearby Deer Park Elementary consistently outperforms New Town in both math and English Language Arts, while Lyons Mill Elementary has seen a dramatic drop in performance, highlighting New Town's relative stability.

772

Students ?

17.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,398

Per pupil spending ?

56.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4924 New Town Blvd
Owings Mills, MD 21117

(410) 887-1541

District: Baltimore County Public Schools

Students who attend New Town Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Deer Park Middle Magnet School
High:	New Town High

Racial breakdown:

African American:

81.3%

Hispanic:

7.5%

Two or more races:

4.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 36th percentile in 2024 → 48th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 48th (2026) from a 36th-percentile low (2024)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school36%

District avg34%

Maryland avg39%

452^nd of 864

Maryland public elementary schools ?

Bottom 48%▼ down 8 pts since 2016

From top 45% (2016) to bottom 48% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

55^th of 108Elementary Schools in the Baltimore County Public Schools

18^th 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2026	43.5	452 of 864	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.2	489 of 865	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.9	547 of 859	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.6	490 of 855	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.3	424 of 862	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	36.4	399 of 802	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	43.7	438 of 853	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.4	376 of 857	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2017	43.5	441 of 847	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	51.8	377 of 845	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2015	56.4	340 of 859	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2014	79.4	154 of 867	82.2%	★★★★☆
2013	84.0	59 of 847	93.0%	★★★★★
2012	82.1	80 of 857	90.7%	★★★★★
2011	85.3	46 of 853	94.6%	★★★★★
2010	87.6	19 of 855	97.8%	★★★★★
2009	85.9	48 of 850	94.4%	★★★★★
2008	86.0	38 of 838	95.5%	★★★★★
2007	25.9	649 of 818	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	33.1	588 of 804	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	36.5	564 of 805	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2004	38.2	556 of 803	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	53.1	153 of 504	69.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	36.3	422 of 796	47.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	36.5	350 of 546	35.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	35.2	417 of 788	47.1%	★★☆☆☆

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)

African American (2021)70th percentile+19 vs school

Male (2021)47th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2021)47th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)36th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs Maryland (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts46%-6 vs state

Mathematics28%~ state avg

Science28%-5 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, October 15, 2011

This school now has over 900 students and is now again over crowded. Students are rushed from class to class without stopping for bathroom stops because there are not enough bathrooms. Technology is now lacking as well as enough space to room the students in. Teachers are using carts to travel between rooms to teach in because there are not enough rooms to teach in. There are now 5 portables that are used as classrooms and in the winter children will have to travel outside and re enter the school to use the bathrooms, rain or shime. There are no walls or fences to protect the students from strangers when they exit their classrooms to walk back into the main school.

Teachers are fantastic and the families in the community wonderful!

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAP Mathematics (2026)				MCAP English Language Arts (2026)				MCAP Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MCAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAP Mathematics All Grades	MCAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts All Grades	MCAP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
New Town Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4924 New Town Blvd	Owings Mills	21117	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 887-1541	772	43	17.9	56.9%	18 (2.3%)	628 (81.3%)	58 (7.5%)	29 (3.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.4%)	43.5	452^nd of 864 public elementary schools	47.7%		39.2	489^th of 865 public elementary schools	43.5%	37	36.8	25.2	22.5	28.3	50.4	42.0	44.2	45.6	27.5	$16,398	$2,105	$14,292
Lyons Mill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9435 Lyons Mill Rd	Owings Mills	21117	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(443) 809-1719	671	39	17.3	50.1%	7 (1.0%)	556 (82.9%)	27 (4.0%)	49 (7.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (4.2%)	35.8	517^th of 864 public elementary schools	40.2%		55.4	363^rd of 865 public elementary schools	58.0%	154	31.2	24.3	25.9	27.4	33.8	33.6	43.0	36.7	28.1	$17,235	$1,308	$15,927
Deer Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9809 Lyons Mill Rd	Owings Mills	21117	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 887-0723	384	25	15.4	66.9%	8 (2.1%)	341 (88.8%)	20 (5.2%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	52.1	396^th of 864 public elementary schools	54.2%		46.8	433^rd of 865 public elementary schools	49.9%	37	43.2	33.9	28.4	34.1	52.3	50.8	49.3	50.6	23.9	$19,008	$2,013	$16,995
Owings Mills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10824 Reistertown Road	Owings Mills	21117	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 887-1710	666	45	14.8	68.2%	28 (4.2%)	351 (52.7%)	253 (38.0%)	9 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.5%)	41	472^nd of 864 public elementary schools	45.4%		35.5	513^th of 865 public elementary schools	40.7%	41	37.1	34.7	26.9	32.9	36.0	38.6	43.0	39.2	22.6	$18,474	$2,221	$16,253
Hernwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9919 Marriottsville Rd	Randallstown	21133	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 887-0732	350	24	14.4	65.4%	7 (2.0%)	285 (81.4%)	35 (10.0%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.1%)	24.7	632^nd of 864 public elementary schools	26.9%		26.2	596^th of 865 public elementary schools	31.1%	36	15.7	17.5	15.0	16.1	27.5	36.4	35.0	33.1	21.7	$21,850	$2,341	$19,508
Cedarmere Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	17 Nicodemus Rd	Reisterstown	21136	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 887-1100	502	37	13.7	59.6%	58 (11.6%)	212 (42.2%)	165 (32.9%)	46 (9.2%)	11 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.8%)	35.5	523^rd of 864 public elementary schools	39.5%		32	544^th of 865 public elementary schools	37.1%	21	39.0	26.3	21.2	29.2	37.7	38.2	31.8	36.1	24.2	$18,710	$1,644	$17,065
Randallstown Elementary	Public	K-5	9013 Liberty Rd	Randallstown	21133	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 887-0746	322	20	16.0	57.8%	8 (2.5%)	250 (77.6%)	44 (13.7%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.3%)	39.4	483^rd of 864 public elementary schools	44.1%		46.6	436^th of 865 public elementary schools	49.6%	47	28.2	20.7	13.5	21.5	50.0	57.9	39.2	49.4	21.6	$18,764	$2,210	$16,555
Timber Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	701 Academy Ave	Owings Mills	21117	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 887-1714	608	37	16.2	68.8%	37 (6.1%)	276 (45.4%)	215 (35.4%)	40 (6.6%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.8%)	31.4	561^st of 864 public elementary schools	35.1%		23	641^st of 865 public elementary schools	25.9%	80	39.0	22.8	13.0	25.1	37.8	42.4	35.5	38.8	9.1	$17,340	$1,787	$15,554
Church Lane Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3820 Fernside Rd	Randallstown	21133	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 887-0717	273	20	13.7	66.7%	6 (2.2%)	210 (76.9%)	37 (13.6%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (4.8%)	50.4	406^th of 864 public elementary schools	53.0%		31.9	545^th of 865 public elementary schools	37.0%	139	47.2	32.6	22.7	33.3	61.1	39.5	36.4	44.7	37.2	$22,537	$2,898	$19,638
Winand Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8301 Scotts Level Rd	Baltimore	21208	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 887-0763	426	31	13.5	64.8%	12 (2.8%)	366 (85.9%)	25 (5.9%)	11 (2.6%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.6%)	54.3	373^rd of 864 public elementary schools	56.8%		47.1	428^th of 865 public elementary schools	50.5%	55	35.3	40.7	34.9	36.9	38.5	53.7	52.5	48.5	30.2	$20,516	$2,401	$18,115

Frequently Asked Questions about New Town Elementary

What district is New Town Elementary in?

Baltimore County Public Schools

What schools do graduates of New Town Elementary attend?

Students who attend New Town Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Deer Park Middle Magnet School
High : New Town High

What is the racial makeup of New Town Elementary?

Students at New Town Elementary are 81% African American, 8% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 2% White.

Is New Town Elementary a good school?

New Town Elementary ranks 452^nd of 864 Maryland elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend New Town Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 772 students attended New Town Elementary.

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