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Enrollment
799
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009001390
Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle
3501 Hillsdale Road, Baltimore, MD 21207 · (410) 396-0940 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL799 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
622 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 107 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 26% smaller than its 8th grade class (107).
Student demographics
30%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
28.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -8.8pp since 2023
Math
16.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.1% | 16.5% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 19.9% |
% 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle
Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle this school | 799 | 77.8% | 25.4% |
| Pimlico Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 732 | 82.5% | 14.6% |
| Cross Country Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 740 | 75.5% | 38.6% |
| Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 705 | 82.6% | 15.0% |
| Leith Walk Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 910 | 80.2% | 25.9% |
| Glenmount Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 628 | 75.2% | 35.8% |
Matched among Maryland elementary 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 Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #713 of 853 | #46 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #783 of 853 ▼ 76 | #72 of 104 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #744 of 853 ▼ 192 | #61 of 104 ▼ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 799 | #40 of 898 | #12 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #749 of 857 | #75 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.7% | #728 of 857 | #45 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #199 of 885 | #61 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +152.8% | #1 of 294 | #1 of 45 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
799
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
+115% since 1990-91, when it was 371
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 799 | 48.5 | 16.5:1 | 78% (622) |
| 2023-24 | 908 | 38 | 23.9:1 | 78% (707) |
| 2022-23 | 841 | 38.5 | 21.8:1 | 75% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 817 | 45 | 18.2:1 | 71% (577) |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 100% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 20 | 17.7:1 | 100% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 83% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 18 | 20.3:1 | 79% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 371 | 15 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 153% (316 to 799); teachers up 155% (19 to 48.5).
About Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle
Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle is the name of a large elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. The school counts 799 students across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students.
Baltimore City Public Schools runs 152 schools with a combined 76,946 students. Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle is one of them.
Black students make up 83% of enrollment at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle. Next come 14% Hispanic. That compares with about 59% Black among all Baltimore city residents. The school's diversity index is 30%, meaning two students picked at random have a 30% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle total 48.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.5:1. That is 2.6 students per teacher above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 78%.
allk12 grades Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle a C-. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 28.2%.
Federal survey data for Baltimore city show that the median household income is $62,177, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Baltimore city is home to 156 public schools and about 77,341 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Forest Park High is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 25.4% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle is City: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (817) to 2024-25 (799). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 16.5:1, from 18.2:1.
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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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/MiddleHow many students attend Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle?
Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 799 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle serve?
Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle have?
Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle?
At Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle, the student body is approximately 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 83% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle public or private?
Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle 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.