Enrollment
337
High
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009001387
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts
1500 Harlem Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217 · (410) 396-7701 · Baltimore city
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Maryland public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
312 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 87 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 100 | 30% |
| Grade 11 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 81 | 24% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
24.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.7% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 10.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts this school | 337 | 92.6% | 17.8% |
| Renaissance Academy Baltimore | 241 | 94.2% | 19.3% |
| The Seed School of Maryland Baltimore | 395 | 100.0% | 17.0% |
| ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School Baltimore | 523 | 88.7% | 12.7% |
| Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy Baltimore | 386 | 87.3% | 20.4% |
| Coppin Academy Baltimore | 450 | 83.8% | 24.6% |
Matched among Maryland high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #192 of 203 | #20 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #139 of 206 ▼ 11 | #24 of 28 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #197 of 206 ▼ 9 | #21 of 28 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #206 of 234 | #27 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #21 of 210 | #7 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.2% | #206 of 211 | #26 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #16 of 212 | #4 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.8% | #4 of 76 | #3 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
337
-144 (-30%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 337 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 93% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 88% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 83% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 83% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 100% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 89% (493) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (480 to 337); teachers down 14% (29 to 25).
About Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts is a very small high school. Its address is in Baltimore, Maryland. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 337 students. By comparison, high schools in Maryland enroll about 1,185 students on average.
Enrollment across the 152 schools in Baltimore City Public Schools totals 76,946 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts is Black, at 95%. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 59%. The diversity index for Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts is 9%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.5 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for high schools in Maryland is 15.3:1. About 93% of students at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Baltimore city averages 74%, lower than here.
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Maryland public high schools.
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 17.8% and a predicted 19.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Baltimore city show that median household income comes to about $62,177, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Baltimore city counts 156 public schools with about 77,341 students.
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts's closest public school neighbor is Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy West, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 17.0% on proficiency, and Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts is above that at 17.8%.
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 337, from 481 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.5 to 13.5 over 4 years.
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Baltimore city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
573,243
Census ACS
Median income
$62,177
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
77,341 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual ArtsHow many students attend Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts?
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts enrolls approximately 337 students in grades 09-12.
Is Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts an elementary, middle, or high school?
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts.
How diverse is Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts?
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts reports a student body of 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts public or private?
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools.
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