Statewide assessment scores may have been a mixed bag at the county level where, on average, Baltimore County elementary schools performed above statewide averages but middle schools performed below statewide averages.

But here in Parkville-Overlea, the news is mostly all positive.

At the elementary school level, nearly every school on average exceeded both the State averages for reading and math (88.2 percent and 87.7 percent of students showing proficiency, respectively) and the county averages (90.7 percent and 90.8 percent, respectively).

For a full breakdown of test score averages and a comparison to 2011 averages, check the charts below.

At the middle school level where Baltimore County seemed to lag behind the State averages on the whole, Parkville-Overlea area schools also excelled. Both Parkville and Pine Grove Middle Schools beat the statewide average of 82.1 percent of students proficient in reading and 76.2 percent of students proficient in math at each grade level.

State and county wide Maryland State Assesment score averages were recently reported by Hunt Valley-Cockeysville Patch editor Nayana Davis.

What do you think of the state of education at the elementary and middle school levels in Parkville-Overlea? Do you think your child is getting a good education? Tell us in the comments.

Elementary Schools

* Values indicate the percentage of students in each grade level performing at the proficient or advanced levels according to test scores

Middle Schools

* Values indicate the percentage of students in each grade level performing at the proficient or advanced levels according to test scores