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Enrollment
786
High
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000157
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove
1201 Cambria Street, Baltimore, MD 21225 · (410) 396-1373 · Baltimore city
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL786 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Maryland public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
501 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 290 | 37% |
| Grade 10 | 198 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 166 | 21% |
Student demographics
55%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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
20.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 21 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 up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.5% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.6% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove's state test result (13.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove this school | 786 | 63.7% | 13.8% |
| National Academy Foundation Baltimore | 801 | 64.0% | 10.2% |
| Patterson High Baltimore | 1,330 | 67.8% | 15.6% |
| Friendly High Fort Washington | 894 | 63.5% | 22.0% |
| Northwood High Rockville | 1,654 | 58.4% | 30.1% |
| College Park Academy Riverdale | 682 | 53.2% | 44.2% |
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 Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #200 of 203 | #26 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #130 of 206 ▼ 14 | #15 of 28 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #200 of 206 ▲ 2 | #24 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 786 | #168 of 234 | #14 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #57 of 210 | #13 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #110 of 211 | #5 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #60 of 212 | #28 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +59.1% | #5 of 131 | #3 of 18 |
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
786
+148 (+23%) vs 2020
+180% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 786 | 52 | 15.1:1 | 64% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 800 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 64% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 755 | 45 | 16.8:1 | 61% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 58% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 100% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 39 | 12.0:1 | 87% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 226 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 92% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 80% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 18 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove.
Since 2017-18: students up 59% (494 to 786); teachers up 58% (33 to 52).
About Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove
Baltimore, Maryland, is home to Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove, a small high school. It has an enrollment of 786 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Maryland average about 1,185 students, which makes this school 34% below average.
Baltimore City Public Schools is the district for Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove. It has 152 schools and 76,946 students.
At Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove, 59% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 30% Black and 10% White. Census figures show Baltimore city is about 8% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Classroom staffing at Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove totals 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1. That is in line with the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland. Federal data show 64% of students (501) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Baltimore city, the school's rate is lower.
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 0% of Maryland public high schools.
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Maryland are predicted to post 36.5%, so the school is 22.7 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In Baltimore city, home to about 573,243 people, median household income comes to about $62,177, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. There are 156 public schools in the county, enrolling about 77,341, Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove among them.
Curtis Bay Elementary, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 23%, from 638 to 786. By 2024-25, the school had 15.1 students per teacher, compared with 17.2 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Quick facts
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- Curtis Bay Elementary0.5 mi · 470
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Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville CoveHow large is Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove?
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove enrolls approximately 786 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove serve?
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove?
At Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove, the student body is approximately 10% White, 59% Hispanic, 30% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove public or private?
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.