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New Town Elementary

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New Town Elementary ranks 489 th of 865 Maryland elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

489^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 865 Maryland Elementary Schools

Better than 43% of Maryland elementary schools

Summary

New Town Elementary is a public elementary school located in Owings Mills, Maryland, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 782 students. The school is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools district, which is ranked 17 out of 25 in the state of Maryland and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

New Town Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Maryland elementary schools, with its performance on MCAP (Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program) tests generally below the Baltimore County and Maryland state averages across all grades and subjects. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 23.9% in Math and 44.4% in English Language Arts, compared to 26.5% and 50.8% statewide, respectively. The school's performance is particularly low in 5th-grade Math, with only 18.7% proficiency compared to 30.7% statewide. Additionally, New Town Elementary has had high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 22.2% to 34.7% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Winand Elementary, Lyons Mill Elementary, and Deer Park Elementary, New Town Elementary's academic performance is generally lower, with these nearby schools having higher proficiency rates and better overall rankings. The nearby schools also have lower chronic absenteeism rates and a lower percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, which is a significant challenge for New Town Elementary, with 54.35% to 60.82% of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in recent years.

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: Declining — 60th percentile in 2015 → 43rd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Maryland average (32% vs 38% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 17 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school32%

District avg32%

Maryland avg38%

489^th of 865

Maryland public elementary schools ?

Bottom 43%▼ down 17 pts since 2015

From top 40% (2015) to bottom 43% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

61^st of 108Elementary Schools in the Baltimore County Public Schools

17^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
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 (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts44%-6 vs state

Mathematics24%-3 vs state

Science18%-8 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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Schools Near New Town Elementary

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MCAP Mathematics (2025)				MCAP English Language Arts (2025)				MCAP Science (2025)	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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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%)	39.2	489^th of 865 public elementary schools	43.5%		28.9	547^th of 859 public elementary schools	36.3%	58	33.3	20.6	18.7	23.9	49.1	49.2	35.0	44.4	17.5	$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%)	55.4	363^rd of 865 public elementary schools	58.0%		45.1	414^th of 859 public elementary schools	51.8%	51	34.0	41.1	31.9	35.6	41.6	56.2	48.7	48.9	27.5	$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%)	46.8	433^rd of 865 public elementary schools	49.9%		49	383^rd of 859 public elementary schools	55.4%	50	42.4	34.8	17.6	31.1	56.1	50.8	36.8	47.4	16.2	$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%)	35.5	513^th of 865 public elementary schools	40.7%		33	508^th of 859 public elementary schools	40.9%	5	31.7	35.6	15.9	27.2	32.5	57.0	35.4	40.2	8.0	$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%)	26.2	596^th of 865 public elementary schools	31.1%		35.8	481^st of 859 public elementary schools	44.0%	115	21.6	16.1	15.0	17.7	32.0	42.9	33.3	36.6	7.7	$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%)	32	544^th of 865 public elementary schools	37.1%		25.6	580^th of 859 public elementary schools	32.5%	36	22.2	27.1	16.7	21.6	34.3	43.5	38.2	38.6	13.2	$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%)	46.6	436^th of 865 public elementary schools	49.6%		37.4	464^th of 859 public elementary schools	46.0%	28	33.3	13.7	24.1	24.3	67.2	45.8	51.9	55.8	13.0	$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%)	23	641^st of 865 public elementary schools	25.9%		19.9	657^th of 859 public elementary schools	23.5%	16	30.1	16.9	14.6	20.9	32.0	32.5	18.3	27.5	10.8	$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%)	31.9	545^th of 865 public elementary schools	37.0%		26	575^th of 859 public elementary schools	33.1%	30	29.8	50.0	5.8	27.3	32.6	53.5	19.2	34.1	3.9	$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%)	47.1	428^th of 865 public elementary schools	50.5%		44.9	418^th of 859 public elementary schools	51.3%	10	42.6	21.3	27.0	29.8	63.0	49.2	38.7	49.7	14.5	$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 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.

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

How many students attend New Town Elementary?

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

Is New Town Elementary a good school?

New Town Elementary ranks 489^th of 865 Maryland elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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