Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women

Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, an one-room-style high school in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, hosts 466 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 61% below the state mean of about 1,185.

Baltimore City Public Schools comprises 152 schools with combined enrollment of 76,946 students; Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women reports that 98% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.3%; this one delivers 19.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Baltimore city put median household income runs about $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Baltimore School for the Arts, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 24.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. As a public charter, Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 507 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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