Cecil Elementary

As a small primary school in Baltimore, Maryland, Cecil Elementary educates 348 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Baltimore City Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Cecil Elementary sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Cecil Elementary records that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. 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, Cecil Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Cecil Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 85% of students at Cecil Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cecil Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Baltimore city's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), Cecil Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cecil Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 19.3%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cecil Elementary has decreased 7%, going from 376 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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