Over the past 15 years, the percentage of BCPS students in low-income families* has increased by 60%, from 33% in 2006-07 to 53% in 2020-21. (*Students in low-income families are defined as those that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, F/R).

📈All schools within the Network also experienced increases, many with dramatic spikes in the percentage of students in low-income families, including the following schools that experienced about a doubling, or more, of the rate of students in need:

● Cockeysville Middle
● Loch Raven High
● Owings Mills High
● Parkville High
● Pine Grove Elementary
● Pine Grove Middle

🔝Many schools have long experienced high levels of students in low-income families, including these schools with current rates above the 53% district average:

● Baltimore Highlands Elementary
● Battle Monument School
● Halstead Academy
● Loch Raven Tech Academy
● Mars Estates Elementary
● Owings Mills Elementary
● Stemmers Run Middle

To see a graph charting this dramatic increase in need, click here.