Baltimore’s public schools score below almost every Maryland district on tests and graduation

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 22% of tested students were proficient in reading and 8% in math, against 45% and 25% statewide; 96% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

71% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86% across Maryland. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $24,053 per student, against $20,258 across Maryland (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

84 elementary schools, then 17 high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Choice beyond the district

The Belair-Edison School, City Springs Elementary/Middle, Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy, Wolfe Street Academy, Govans Elementary, Hampstead Hill Academy, Pimlico Elementary/Middle, Midtown Academy, New Song Academy, The Crossroads School, ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School, Frederick Elementary, City Neighbors Charter School, Patterson Park Public Charter School, Southwest Baltimore Charter School, Coppin Academy, Empowerment Academy, The Green School of Baltimore, Baltimore International Academy, Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School, City Neighbors Hamilton, KIPP Harmony Academy, Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, Tunbridge Public Charter School, City Neighbors High, Green Street Academy, Creative City Public Charter School, Lillie May Carroll Jackson School, Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys, Baltimore International Academy West, Clay Hill Public Charter School, Boys Latin School of Maryland (private), Gilman School (private), The Bryn Mawr School (private), Mount Saint Joseph High School (private), Friends School of Baltimore (private), Calvert School (private), Bnos Yisroel (private), Archbishop Curley High School (private), Mercy High School (private), Cheder Chabad (private), Mother Mary Lange Catholic School (private), School of the Cathedral Mary Our Queen (private), Mother Mary Lange Catholic School Inc. (private), Ohr Chadash Academy (private), The Catholic High School of Baltimore (private), St. Casimir Catholic School (private), Cardinal Shehan School (private), St. Frances Academy (private), Archbishop Borders School (private), St. Ignatius Loyola Academy (private), The H.O.P.E. Academy Baltimore, Inc. (private), St. Francis of Assisi School (private), Waldorf School of Baltimore (private), New Century School the (private), Church of the Redeemer Parish Day School (private), The Greenmount School (private), Baltimore Lab School (private), Grace United Methodist Preschool (private), The Loyola School (private), Govans Presbyterian Preschool (private), Arts & Ideas Sudbury School (private), Darchei Noam (private), Mother Seton Academy (private), Baltimore Montessori (private), Mt. Pleasant Christian, Inc. (private), Baltimore Junior Academy (private), First English Lutheran Preschool & Kindergarten (private), St. Davids Day School (private), Tong Le Montessori School (private), Greater Youth Christian Academy (private), Hampden Christian School (private), Islamic Community School (private), Mount Clare Christian School (private), Baltimore Torah School (private), Yeshivas Mekor Chaim (private), Little Winners Christian School (private), The Baltimore Academy (private), Unselds School (private), The Community School (private), House of New Beginnings Childcare (private), Zions Christian Academy (private) and Baltimore Actor's Theatre Conservatory (private) are in town. Baltimore Revolutionary Academy for Virtual Ed., an online school, is based here too; it isn’t counted as a local school. Every school ↓