Schools · Baltimore
Baltimore, MD schools
Baltimore’s public schools score well below Maryland’s averages: 16% of students are proficient in reading against 35.5% statewide, and 70% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.7%. Kids attend one of 59 schools through grade 8, then one of 57 middle schools, one of 27 high schools and one of 12 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D−
Baltimore’s School Grade: D-
The public schools Baltimore’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 100% of Maryland’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
D-Test scoresD-Graduation
Maryland school districts we grade (25)Better than 0%
Lower resultsHigher results
Maryland towns with similar household incomes (102)Better than 0%
High confidence. Built on 32,903 tested students and a graduating class of 5,132; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Maryland’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Maryland only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Maryland with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Baltimore kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Baltimore City)16%
State average 35.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Baltimore City)7%
State average 19.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
70% graduate on time
Graduation rate
70%
MD: 86.7%
Graduating class
5,132
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #258 of 258 MD towns →
Districts
The district serving Baltimore
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Baltimore is home to 10 colleges
Johns Hopkins UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Baltimore17,183on campusMorgan State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Baltimore9,119on campusUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreUniversity or college · Public · Baltimore5,588on campusLoyola University MarylandUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Baltimore4,639on campus
All 10 colleges in Baltimore →Every school
All 205 schools in Baltimore
Showing 1–30 of 205 schools
KIPP Harmony AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,399 students
C-CharterRoland Park Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,371 students
A-PublicLakeland Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,070 students
C-PublicJohn Ruhrah Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,061 students
DPublicHampstead Hill AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 933 students
B+CharterThe Belair-Edison SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 911 students
C-CharterLeith Walk Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 910 students
DPublicHighlandtown Elementary/Middle #237Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 899 students
D-PublicWalter P. Carter Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 834 students
DPublicGraceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 831 students
DPublicHamilton Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 801 students
C+PublicCalvin M. Rodwell Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 799 students
DPublicMount Royal Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 786 students
BPublicCommodore John Rodgers Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 774 students
C-PublicArmistead Gardens Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 773 students
C-PublicBaltimore International AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 749 students
CCharterWildwood Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 743 students
D-PublicCross Country Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 740 students
CPublicPimlico Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 732 students
DCharterPatterson Park Public Charter SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 730 students
C+CharterFrancis Scott Key Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 722 students
BPublicMaree Garnett Farring Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 717 students
DPublicBay-Brook Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 706 students
D-PublicFort Worthington Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades K–8 · 705 students
D-PublicMoravia Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 655 students
D-PublicHolabird AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 650 students
D-PublicNorthwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 641 students
DPublicElmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins PartnershipElementary · Grades PK–8 · 636 students
C-PublicGlenmount Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 628 students
C-PublicFallstaff Elementary/MiddleElementary · Grades PK–8 · 611 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.