NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MD

Best-Resourced Schools in Owings, MD

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5 public K-12 schools in Owings from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
4,146
Students
41.2/100
Avg Resource Index
17.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Owings has more public-school enrollment than 46% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Northern High enrolls 35.6% of Owings's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Owings's list includes 1 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 14-point gap between Windy Hill Middle and Windy Hill Elementary shows the range hidden by Owings's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 54%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
51st percentile
Teacher staffing
30th percentile

Northern High accounts for 35.6% of all Owings public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Owings-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Owings school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities

Owings school enrollment ranges from 598 students (lowest) to 1,478 students (highest), a spread of 880 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Owings operates one school district — a single-district system

Owings's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Owings student-teacher ratio is 17.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Owings is typically wider than the Owings-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Windy Hill Middle 47
2. Northern Middle 44
3. Northern High 42
4. Mount Harmony Elementary 40
5. Windy Hill Elementary 33

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Owings

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Windy Hill Middle 54.6/100
  2. 2 Mount Harmony Elementary 52.0/100
  3. 3 Windy Hill Elementary 52.0/100
  4. 4 Northern High 49.3/100
  5. 5 Northern Middle 45.8/100

What do families ask about schools in Owings?

Which Owings school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Windy Hill Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Owings schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Owings, MD? ▼

Owings has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,146 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.