Academy for College and Career Exploration

Academy for College and Career Exploration is a modestly sized 9-12 campus in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools. The school serves 967 students in grades 6 through 12.

Academy for College and Career Exploration is one of 152 schools operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, a district that works with 76,946 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Academy for College and Career Exploration shows that 70% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 9% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Academy for College and Career Exploration shows 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Academy for College and Career Exploration performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.4%, the actual is 16.4%, a residual of -11.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Baltimore city put the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Baltimore city's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), Academy for College and Career Exploration is one campus in the mix.

Hampden Elementary/Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Academy for College and Career Exploration comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Academy for College and Career Exploration has expanded 88%, going from 513 students in 2018 to 967 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 92% to 70% across the same window.

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