Benjamin D. Foulois Academy

Set in Morningside, Maryland, Benjamin D. Foulois Academy is an average-sized K-5 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools. It instructs 540 students across grades K through 8.

Benjamin D. Foulois Academy is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that educates 132,693 students overall.

Demographically, Benjamin D. Foulois Academy lists that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Benjamin D. Foulois Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Prince George's County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Benjamin D. Foulois Academy is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

Imagine Foundations at Morningside PCS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Benjamin D. Foulois Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Benjamin D. Foulois Academy at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.9%.

Benjamin D. Foulois Academy operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Benjamin D. Foulois Academy's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 536 (now 540).

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