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Woodmont Academy

2000 Woodmont Lane, Cooksville, MD, 21723-0211 -

School Overview:

	Woodmont Academy
School Membership(s)	National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) Other religious school association(s)
Religious Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Grades Offered	Grades Prekindergarten - 8
Year Founded	1995
County	Howard County, MD
Student Body
Total Students	313 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(MD) School Avg.
% Students of Color	18%	32%
Students by Grade
	Pre-K - 32 students
	Kind - 38 students
	Grade 1 - 37 students
	Grade 2 - 34 students
	Grade 3 - 30 students
	Grade 4 - 38 students
	Grade 5 - 35 students
	Grade 6 - 26 students
	Grade 7 - 20 students
	Grade 8 - 23 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	20 teachers
Average Class Size	20
	This School	(MD) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:13	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	180 days	179 days
Hours in School Day for Students	6 hours	6 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling
Head of School	John Farrell
Admissions Director	Marcie Zimmermann
Sport
Total Sports Offered	3
	Sports
	Basketball	Lacrosse
	Soccer

In the News:

For students, canned food drive is exercise in charity (Baltimore Sun)
posted on October 7, 2009 at 01:46:41 pm
About 25 third-graders at Woodmont Academy in Cooksville eagerly raced to get their weight of choice and immediately began their 10-lap warm-up run inside the school's gym. The students ran around the gym — many pumping their arms with the added resistance to increase the level of difficulty for their workout. At first glance, a passer-by might not realize that the weights the students were ...
Food drive is exercise in charity (Baltimore Sun)
posted on October 7, 2009 at 07:44:02 am
Max Rogers exercises with other sixth-graders at Woodmont Academy. Students use canned goods they brought to school for a food drive in strength-training exercises in gym class. The activity is part of the Get Fit to Feed program, which is an effort by the school's physical-education teachers to combine fitness and giving.
Church seeks county's aid (Baltimore Sun)
posted on July 19, 2009 at 07:28:12 am
Glen Mar UM's request raises issues of separation of church and state An Ellicott City church's request for county government help in reducing borrowing costs on up to $10.1 million for school buildings is raising questions about the separation of church and state.
Archbishop O'Brien Will Not Close Legionary Academy (Zenit News Agency)
posted on February 28, 2009 at 12:33:43 am
BALTIMORE, Maryland, FEB. 27, 2009 ( Zenit.org ).- Despite strong criticism of the Legionaries of Christ and its lay movement Regnum Christi, Archbishop Edwin O'Brien of Baltimore does not plan to ask the congregation to leave his archdiocese, or close its school there.
Baltimore archbp concerned about Legionaries (National Catholic Reporter)
posted on February 26, 2009 at 04:15:05 pm
BALTIMORE -- Concerned that the Legionaries of Christ order stifles the free will of its members and lacks transparency, Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien of Baltimore told its director general in Rome that he cannot in good conscience recommend that anyone join the Legionaries or Regnum Christi, its affiliated lay movement.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (21723)	School Zip (21723)	(MD) State Average
Population (Approximate)	424 people	5,296,486 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	56%	32%
Population Average Age	36 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.9 persons	2.5 persons
Median Household Income	$106,316	$56,460
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	7.5 rooms	6.1 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	32 years old	40 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	88% / 12%	65% / 35%