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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 21117


At a glance
5
Schools
3,101
Students
Top rankedDeer Park Elementary396th of 864 Maryland elementary schools
Biggest riser
Timber Grove Elementary up 80 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Owings Mills Elementary 14.8 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
3★
2★
Summary:

There are five elementary schools serving grades PK through 5 in the 21117 zip code of Owings Mills, Maryland, all part of the Baltimore County Public Schools district.

Deer Park Elementary stands out as the top performer in the area, consistently earning a 3-star rating and leading the zip code in both Mathematics (34.1% proficient) and English Language Arts (50.6% proficient) for the 2025-2026 school year. In contrast, Timber Grove Elementary faces significant challenges, with the lowest Math proficiency (25.1%) and the highest chronic absenteeism rate (33.2%), which is well above the district average. Lyons Mill Elementary shows high potential, having posted the highest Math proficiency in the zip code (35.6%) in the 2024-2025 school year and boasting the lowest chronic absenteeism rate (16.0%). New Town Elementary and Owings Mills Elementary fall in the middle, with New Town achieving the second-highest ELA scores (45.6%) and Owings Mills showing moderate Math proficiency (32.9%).

A key takeaway is that higher spending does not guarantee better results; Deer Park Elementary has the highest per-student spending ($19,008) and the best academic outcomes, while New Town Elementary achieves solid scores with the lowest spending ($16,398). Chronic absenteeism is strongly linked to lower performance, as seen with Timber Grove Elementary. Additionally, 5th-grade Science proficiency is a universal weakness across all schools, with only Lyons Mill Elementary (28.1%) and New Town Elementary (27.5%) approaching the state average of 32.4%.

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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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