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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 21234

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At a glance

Schools

3,875

Students

Districts

Top rankedSeven Oaks Elementary258^th of 864 Maryland elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Pine Grove Elementary up 65 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Oakleigh Elementary 13.1 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

This analysis examines nine elementary schools in zip code 21234, serving grades Pre-K through 5 (with one school extending to 8th grade) across the Baltimore and Parkville areas, split between Baltimore County Public Schools and Baltimore City Public Schools.

Seven Oaks Elementary stands out as the top performer, ranking in the 70th percentile statewide with the highest math (40.6%) and English (59.0%) proficiency rates, and the lowest chronic absenteeism (18.1%) and poverty rate (42.07%). Pine Grove Elementary is a strong contender, posting the second-highest math scores (40.4%) and a notable 61.8% proficiency in 4th-grade English. In contrast, White Oak School is a unique outlier—a very small, specialized school (60 students) with an extremely low student-teacher ratio of 1.6 and exceptionally high per-student spending ($125,904), likely serving students with significant disabilities, which explains its critically low proficiency rates (8.3% math, 4.4% English) and 50.6% chronic absenteeism. The remaining schools, including Villa Cresta Elementary, Carney Elementary, Woodhome Elementary/Middle, Halstead Academy, Oakleigh Elementary, and Harford Hills Elementary, generally fall in the middle, with math proficiency averaging around 23.8% and English around 36.7% across the zip code.

A key takeaway is that higher spending does not guarantee better results: the top-performing Seven Oaks has the lowest per-student spending ($18,126) among standard schools, while higher-spending schools like Oakleigh ($20,697) and Carney ($20,631) show below-average performance. Chronic absenteeism is a critical issue, averaging 29.3% across the area, with schools like Halstead Academy (37.2%) and Harford Hills (34.3%) struggling alongside White Oak. The single Baltimore City school, Woodhome, performs below most county schools but not as low as White Oak, though it faces a high student-teacher ratio (19.4) and poverty rate (73.59%). Overall, only Seven Oaks and Pine Grove exceed state averages in both math and English, highlighting a significant performance gap within this single zip code.

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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 6th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 8th 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 6th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts All Grades	MCAP Science 5th Grade	MCAP Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Woodhome Elementary/Middle	Public	PK, KG-8	7300 Moyer Avenue	Baltimore	21234	Baltimore County	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 396-6398	496	26	19.4	73.6%	17 (3.4%)	347 (70.0%)	106 (21.4%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.6%)	21.6	661^st of 864 public elementary schools	23.5%		22	664^th of 865 public elementary schools	23.2%	3	28.9	7.0	12.5	17.6	4.6	12.8	13.6	22.7	24.6	25.0	41.2	37.5	42.0	32.7	0.0	12.0	$20,014	$4,246	$15,768
Seven Oaks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9220 Seven Courts Dr	Baltimore	21234	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 887-6257	454	30	15.2	42.1%	175 (38.5%)	146 (32.2%)	43 (9.5%)	51 (11.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (8.1%)	70	258^th of 864 public elementary schools	70.1%		63.8	302^nd of 865 public elementary schools	65.1%	44	50.0	36.0	37.7				40.6	66.1	50.6	63.9				59.0	54.1		$18,126	$1,319	$16,807
Carney Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3131 E Joppa Rd	Baltimore	21234	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 887-5228	524	35	14.8	70.8%	115 (21.9%)	297 (56.7%)	38 (7.3%)	37 (7.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.7%)	33	545^th of 864 public elementary schools	36.9%		29.1	561^st of 865 public elementary schools	35.1%	16	24.3	14.4	19.6				19.1	40.5	43.8	38.7				40.9	24.1		$20,631	$3,219	$17,413
Harford Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8902 Old Harford Rd	Baltimore	21234	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 887-5236	373	23	15.9	59.0%	128 (34.3%)	133 (35.7%)	60 (16.1%)	25 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.2%)	39.6	480^th of 864 public elementary schools	44.4%		32.8	535^th of 865 public elementary schools	38.2%	55	43.8	24.5	10.2				25.0	47.9	41.2	41.0				43.1	26.2		$18,175	$1,437	$16,738
Halstead Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	1111 Halstead Rd	Baltimore	21234	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 887-3210	489	30	16.1	78.5%	14 (2.9%)	372 (76.1%)	84 (17.2%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.7%)	13.9	764^th of 864 public elementary schools	11.6%		11.9	810^th of 865 public elementary schools	6.4%	46	25.4	13.8	7.0				14.9	27.1	15.4	11.3				17.4	12.7		$20,164	$2,703	$17,461
Oakleigh Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 White Oak Ave	Baltimore	21234	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 887-5238	452	34	13.1	73.5%	47 (10.4%)	244 (54.0%)	110 (24.3%)	22 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.2%)	26.6	611^th of 864 public elementary schools	29.3%		23.5	633^rd of 865 public elementary schools	26.8%	22	24.6	15.9	19.4				19.8	34.5	29.0	38.2				33.8	19.7		$20,697	$2,670	$18,027
Pine Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2701 Summit Ave	Baltimore	21234	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 887-5267	418	32	13.1	48.6%	142 (34.0%)	156 (37.3%)	42 (10.0%)	42 (10.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.4%)	64.9	286^th of 864 public elementary schools	66.9%		58.2	351^st of 865 public elementary schools	59.4%	65	40.0	42.6	38.5				40.4	55.4	61.8	44.6				54.0	44.6		$19,397	$1,691	$17,707
Villa Cresta Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2600 Rader Ave	Baltimore	21234	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 887-5275	609	42	14.6	52.9%	212 (34.8%)	200 (32.8%)	118 (19.4%)	18 (3.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	58 (9.5%)	49.6	414^th of 864 public elementary schools	52.1%		42.7	467^th of 865 public elementary schools	46.0%	53	40.4	27.5	29.1				32.4	46.5	41.1	48.5				45.5	35.6		$18,867	$1,392	$17,476
White Oak School	Public	K-5	8401 Leefield Rd	Parkville	21234	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 887-5378	60	37	1.6	71.7%	22 (36.7%)	26 (43.3%)	4 (6.7%)	3 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (8.3%)								(n/a)	18.2						8.3	9.1						4.4

Cities Near Zip Code 21234

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Baltimore	0.29 mi	276	224^th
Parkville	0.89 mi	1
Towson	2 mi	12	92^nd
Lutherville	4.02 mi	3	61^st
Rosedale	4.07 mi	1	229^th

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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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