Billie Holiday Elementary

Set in Baltimore, Maryland, Billie Holiday Elementary is a modestly sized primary school, run under Baltimore City Public Schools. It teaches 242 students across grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Billie Holiday Elementary sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

Baltimore City Public Schools comprises 152 schools with combined enrollment of 76,946 students; Billie Holiday Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Billie Holiday Elementary shows that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Baltimore city as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Billie Holiday Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Billie Holiday Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.

In the area at large, Baltimore city reports that median household income runs about $62,177, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Billie Holiday Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Katherine Johnson Global Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Billie Holiday Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 251 students in 2018 compared to 242 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 99% to 95% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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