Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle

Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle is one of the big elementary-level communitys in Baltimore, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools, with 773 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle sits 61% bigger than that benchmark.

Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle is one of 152 schools operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, a district that hosts 76,946 students overall.

Demographically, Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 14% White, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.4%; this one delivers 46.2%, a residual of +15.8 points.

In the broader community, Baltimore city reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Sinclair Lane Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle. On composite proficiency, Armistead Gardens Elementary/Middle comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 21.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 768 students in 2018 compared to 773 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 60% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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