Bowling Brook Preparatory School

P O Box 100, Keymar, MD, 21757-0217 - View a map of this schoolMap

School Overview:

 
Bowling Brook Preparatory School
School Type Alternative School
Religious Affiliation Nonsectarian
Grades Offered n/a
County Carroll County, MD
Student Body
Total Students 75 students
Student Body Type All-boys
This School
(MD) School Avg.
% Students of Color 81% 31%
Students by Grade
Unspecified Grade Placement - 75 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers 7 teachers
This School
(MD) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:10 * Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year 260 days 177 days
Hours in School Day for Students 7 hours 6 hours

In the News:

  • Crowding questions linger as private juvenile facility opens (Baltimore Sun)
    posted on October 23, 2009 at 10:49:59 am
    Privately run site has room to grow, but concerns linger The directors of Silver Oak Academy, a new privately run facility for juvenile delinquents, gave tours to state officials and neighbors Thursday, pointing out that there is plenty of room to grow on 78 rural acres in Carroll County. Seventeen teenage boys now live there, though the Keymar campus can accommodate 150 or more.
  • Crowding questions linger as privately run juvenile facility opens (Baltimore Sun)
    posted on October 23, 2009 at 07:47:44 am
    Privately run site has room to grow, but concerns linger The directors of Silver Oak Academy, a new privately run facility for juvenile delinquents, gave tours to state officials and neighbors Thursday, pointing out that there is plenty of room to grow on 78 rural acres in Carroll County. Seventeen teenage boys now live there, though the Keymar campus can accommodate 150 or more.
  • New juvenile center in Carroll County is surrounded by arguments (Baltimore Sun)
    posted on July 6, 2009 at 12:09:04 pm
    Child advocates doubt that academy will stay small, or temporary Silver Oak Academy, a reform school for juvenile delinquents, will open this month in rural Carroll County with nine boys, slowly expanding to four dozen — just a fraction of the size it could be. The sprawling facility, with a 20,000-square-foot vocational training center and six dormitories, can accommodate at least triple that ...
  • New juvenile center surrounded by arguments (Baltimore Sun)
    posted on July 6, 2009 at 07:42:02 am
    Child advocates doubt that academy will stay small, or temporary Silver Oak Academy, a reform school for juvenile delinquents, will open this month in rural Carroll County with nine boys, slowly expanding to four dozen - just a fraction of the size it could be.
  • Officials approve private juvenile facility in Carroll (Baltimore Sun)
    posted on February 28, 2009 at 08:43:56 am
    Rite of Passage gets license for 48-bed program, which some oppose State officials agreed yesterday to allow a private company to open a juvenile facility in Carroll County, a move that troubled advocates and some lawmakers who say the Department of Juvenile Services took a dangerous step backward.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (21757)
School Zip (21757)
(MD) State Average
Population (Approximate) 3,045 people 5,296,486 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 15% 32%
Population Average Age 38 years old 36 years old
Average Household size 2.8 persons 2.5 persons
Median Household Income $50,000 $56,460
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 6.5 rooms 6.1 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 65 years old 40 years old
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Zipcode (21757)


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% Owning / % Renting 77% / 23% 65% / 35%

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