Schools · Dundalk

Dundalk, MD schools

Dundalk’s public schools score below Maryland’s averages: 34% of students are proficient in reading against 35.5% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.7%. Kids attend Nottingham Middle.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

CSchool Grade #190Best schools in MD (of 235)#88Highest graduation rate in MD (of 258)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

C

Dundalk’s School Grade: C

The public schools Dundalk’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 68% of Maryland’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresCGraduation

Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 32%

Lower resultsHigher results

Maryland towns with similar household incomes (108)Better than 41%

High confidence. Built on 51,495 tested students and a graduating class of 8,193; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Maryland’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Maryland only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Maryland with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Dundalk kids go to school

Grades 6–8

Nottingham Middle 1,279 students · Rosedale Baltimore County Public Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades 6–8, Baltimore County)34%

State average 35.5%

Math (grades 6–8, Baltimore County)15%

State average 19.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

89% graduate on time

Graduation rate

89%

MD: 86.7%

Graduating class

8,193

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #88 of 258 MD towns →

Districts

The district serving Dundalk

Baltimore County Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 178 schools · 110,024 students

$19,356 per studentMD $20,258C

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Dundalk

There’s no college in Dundalk, but 28 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Community College of Baltimore County in Rossville, 6 miles away.

Community College of Baltimore CountyCommunity college · Public · Rossville6 mi10,983 students University of Maryland, BaltimoreUniversity or college · Public · Baltimore6.9 mi5,588 students University of BaltimoreUniversity or college · Public · Baltimore6.9 mi2,307 students Morgan State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Baltimore7.1 mi9,119 students Maryland Institute College of ArtUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Baltimore7.2 mi1,578 students Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Baltimore7.9 mi17,183 students Loyola University MarylandUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Baltimore8.6 mi4,639 students Notre Dame of Maryland UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Baltimore8.7 mi862 students Coppin State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Baltimore9.1 mi1,817 students Baltimore City Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Baltimore9.6 mi3,462 students

18 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Dundalk. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

Every school

All 20 schools in Dundalk

Level

All 20 Elementary 11 Middle 3 High 4 Other 2

Type

All 20 Public 18 Private 2

Showing 1–20 of 20 schools

Dundalk ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 757 students

Sandy Plains ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 580 students

Logan ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 556 students

Colgate ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 533 students

Norwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–3 · 521 students

Berkshire ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 514 students

Grange ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 483 students

Bear Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 461 students

Charlesmont ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 373 students

Battle Grove ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 333 students

Our Lady of Hope St. Luke SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 254 students

Holabird MiddleMiddle · Grades 4–8 · 1,027 students

General John Stricker MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 713 students

Dundalk MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 598 students

Dundalk HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,087 students

Patapsco High and Center for ArtsHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,385 students

Southeast EDLP at Dundalk High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2 students

Sollers Point Technical High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12

Battle Monument SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 63 students

Calvary Baptist SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 103 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Also serving Dundalk

Schools Dundalk kids attend in other towns

Public schools in Dundalk’s district that are located in Rosedale.

Nottingham MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,279 students · Rosedale