BCPS Southwest "Planning Area"
- Maggie Domanowski
- Nov 2
- 6 min read
by: Maggie Litz Domanowski (Opinions reflected in this posted are of Maggie Litz Domanowski and are not reflective of the Baltimore County Board of Education.)
Baltimore County Public Schools are split up into five "planning areas:" Southwest, Northwest, Central, Southeast, and Northeast. This is part one of five blogs posts covering the composition of each strategic planning area within BCPS.
There are a total of 30 schools that considered to be within the Southwest Planning Area boundary. Among those 20 Elementary, six Middle and four High schools, 20,866 BCPS students were in enrolled in 2025. Between 2020 and 2025, Southwest area schools received over $16 million in school allocation funding, nearly $540,000 per school or $773 per student.
Of the four Southwest planning area receiver high schools; Lansdowne, Catonsville, Woodlawn, and Western School of Technology, three are traditional public and one is magnet school. As a public magnet high school, Western Tech does not have a feeder pattern and only accepts students by application only. All Western School of Technology students are provided BCPS transportation to and from their "home" school. A student's home school is the school assigned to them according their home address.
Western School of Technology was ranked the 5th best Maryland public high, and 274th Nationally in 2025. All 953 enrolled students were accepted through BCPS's Magnet application process. All students who apply, must adhere to the residency requirements of a Baltimore County Public School, but they are not required to live within a specific school boundary or planning area.
Western School Of Technology
2025 Enrollment: 942
2025 All ELA: 95.0%
2025 All Math: 31.6%
2025 Science: 86.3%
2025 Attendance: 95.0% (or Greater)
2024 Graduation: 95.0% (or Greater)
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $1.8 Million
45% of all Southwest planning area elementary schools stay together for their entire student careers at BCPS. Nine elementary school total enrollments are allowed the opportunity to complete all middle and high school grades together. According to 2025 total enrollment data, that means 4,932 students could receive their high school diplomas with same friends they made kindergarten.
All Baltimore Highlands, Lansdowne, and Riverview Elementary students will also attend Lansdowne Middle and Lansdowne High schools together.
Baltimore Highlands Elementary
2025 Enrollment: 461
2025 All ELA: 19.8%
2025 All Math: 10.6%
2025 Science 5: 5.1%
2025 Attendance: 91.8%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $326,764
Lansdowne Elementary
2025 Enrollment: 603
2025 All ELA: 18.1%
2025 All Math: 10.3%
2025 Science 5: 5.2%
2025 Attendance: 93.1%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $327,186
Riverview Elementary
2025 Enrollment: 552
2025 All ELA: 26.1%
2025 All Math: 13.4%
2025 Science 5: 6.3%
2025 Attendance: 90.9%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $302,608
Lansdowne Middle
2025 Enrollment: 661
2025 All ELA: 17.0%
2025 All Math: 2.0%
2025 Science 8: 6.2%
2025 Attendance: 90.9%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $977,408
Lansdowne High School
2025 Enrollment: 1,313
2025 All ELA: 32.8%
2025 All Math: 0.3%
2025 Science: 18.2%
2025 Attendance: 88.6%
2024 Graduation: 75.5%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $1.7 Million
All Edmonson Heights, Chadwick, and Johnnycake Elementary students will also attend Southwest Academy Middle and Woodlawn High schools together. Additionally, all students from Powhatan Elementary will attend Woodlawn High school after completing Woodlawn Middle together.
Edmondson Heights Elementary
2025 Enrollment: 556
2025 All ELA: 22.1%
2025 All Math: 17.6%
2025 Science 5: 7.9%
2025 Attendance: 92.4%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $268,568
Chadwick Elementary
2025 Enrollment: 603
2025 All ELA: 47.5%
2025 All Math: 30.7%
2025 Science 5: 20.7%
2025 Attendance: 94.1%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $489,182
Johnnycake Elementary
2025 Enrollment: 592
2025 All ELA: 29.3%
2025 All Math: 20.2%
2025 Science 5: 7.0%
2025 Attendance: 93.5%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $309,710
Southwest Academy Middle
2025 Enrollment: 842
2025 All ELA: 29.4%
2025 All Math: 6.6%
2025 Science 8: 18.6%
2025 Attendance: 93.1%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $546,719
Powhatan Elementary:
2025 Enrollment: 250
2025 All ELA: 57.3%
2025 All Math: 27.5%
2025 Science 5: 24.2%
2025 Attendance: 92.9%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $167,487
Woodlawn Middle
2025 Enrollment: 522
2025 All ELA: 37.0%
2025 All Math: 4.7%
2025 Science 8: 16.6%
2025 Attendance: 90.3%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $396,422
Woodlawn High School
2025 Enrollment: 1,922
2025 All ELA: 30.1%
2025 All Math: 9.0%
2025 Science: 20.8%
2025 Attendance: 85.4%
2024 Graduation: 84.1%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $1.8 Million
Lastly, all Westchester and Catonsville Elementary students will attend Catonsville Middle and Arbutus Middle schools respectively, in between attending Catonsville High.
Westchester Elementary
2025 Enrollment: 662
2025 All ELA: 60.1%
2025 All Math: 52.1%
2025 Science 5: 34.7
2025 Attendance: 95.0% (or Greater)
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $360,724
Catonsville Middle
2025 Enrollment: 818
2025 All ELA: 58.8%
2025 All Math: 21.7
2025 Science 8: 41.3%
2025 Attendance: 94.7%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $458,895
Catonsville Elementary:
2025 Enrollment: 653
2025 All ELA: 55.9%
2025 All Math: 43.5%
2025 Science 5: 36.7%
2025 Attendance: 94.7%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $345,899
Arbus Middle
2025 Enrollment: 974
2025 All ELA: 48.7%
2025 All Math: 15.3%
2025 Science 8: 33.4
2025 Attendance: 93.8%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $613,536
Catonsville High School
2025 Enrollment: 1,735
2025 All ELA: 62.5%
2025 All Math: 4.5%
2025 Science: 52.7%
2025 Attendance: 92.7%
2024 Graduation: 94.3%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $1.5 Million
All other schools that affect Southwest planning area feeder patterns and how they are split include:
Arbutus Elementary
Total Splits: 2 (Lansdowne and Catonsville High School)
2025 Enrollment: 410
2025 All ELA: 51.1%
2025 All Math: 36.0%
2025 Science 5: 35.6%
2025 Attendance: 94.3%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $155,981
Halethorpe Elementary
Total Splits: 2 (Lansdowne and Catonsville High School)
2025 Enrollment: 273
2025 All ELA: 40.0%
2025 All Math: 33.3%
2025 Science 5: 30.3
2025 Attendance: 94.4%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $181,747
Relay Elementary
Total Splits: 2 (Lansdowne and Catonsville High School)
2025 Enrollment: 581
2025 All ELA: 52.9%
2025 All Math: 29.6%
2025 Science 5: 31.8%
2025 Attendance: 94.3%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $299,252
Hilcrest Elementary
Total Splits: 4 (Arbutus Middle, Catonsville Middle, Lansdowne and Catonsville High)
2025 Enrollment: 678
2025 All ELA: 70.7%
2025 All Math: 62.5%
2025 Science 5: 43.9%
2025 Attendance: 94.9%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $332,172
Westowne Elementary
Total Splits: 4 (Arbutus Middle, Catonsville Middle, Lansdowne and Catonsville High)
2025 Enrollment: 635
2025 All ELA: 47.6
2025 All Math: 33.9
2025 Science 5: 20.8%
2025 Attendance: 94.1%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $356,834
Woodbridge Elementary
Total Splits: 4 (Catonsville Middle, Southwest Academy Middle, Catonsville and Woodlawn High)
2025 Enrollment: 484
2025 All ELA: 60.4%
2025 All Math: 47.5%
2025 Science 5: 18.7%
2025 Attendance: 95.0% (or Greater)
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $225,960
Dogwood Elementary
Total Splits: 2 (Woodlawn & Randallstown High)
2025 Enrollment: 460
2025 All ELA: 40.0%
2025 All Math: 19.4%
2025 Science 5: 2.3%
2025 Attendance: 92.7%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $267,229
Winfield Elementary
Total Splits: 3 (Woodlawn, Randallstown, and Milford Mill Academy High)
2025 Enrollment: 447
2025 All ELA: 29.9%
2025 All Math: 18.1%
2025 Science 5: 12.0%
2025 Attendance: 92.7%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $265,759
Featherbed Lane Elementary
Total Splits: 2 (Southwest Academy and Woodlawn Middle)
2025 Enrollment: 572
2025 All ELA: 30.9%
2025 All Math: 21.3%
2025 Science 5: 7.6%
2025 Attendance: 92.6%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $314,576
Hebbville Elementary
Total Splits: 2 (Woodlawn and Milford Mill Academy High)
2025 Enrollment: 474
2025 All ELA: 27.0%
2025 All Math: 21.0%
2025 Science 5: 14.8%
2025 Attendance: 93.2%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $262,494
Woodmoor Elementary
Total Splits: 2 (Woodlawn and Milford Mill Academy High)
2025 Enrollment: 567
2025 All ELA: 27.5%
2025 All Math: 19.1%
2025 Science 5: 9.0%
2025 Attendance: 92.6%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $335,948
Windsor Mill Middle
Total Splits: 3 (Milford Mill Academy, Randallstown, and Woodlawn High)
2025 Enrollment: 606
2025 All ELA: 40.8%
2025 All Math: 7.3%
2025 Science 8: 18.9%
2025 Attendance: 94.2%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $402,128
Bedford Elementary (Northwest Planning Area)
Total Splits: 3 (Woodlawn, Milford Mill Academy, and Pikesville High)
2025 Enrollment: 586
2025 All ELA: 47.6%
2025 All Math: 24.1%
2025 Science 5: 15.6%
2025 Attendance: 94.5%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $879,327 (2024 Replacement School)
Pikesville Middle (Northwest Planning Area)
Total Splits: 4 (Milford Academy, Pikesville, Woodlawn, and Owings Mills High)
2025 Enrollment: 943
2025 All ELA: 25.7%
2025 All Math: 6.3%
2025 Science 8: 17.3%
2025 Attendance: 89.2%
2020-2025 Total School Allocation Funds: $539,570
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