Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000153
Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary
1327 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21230 · (410) 396-5973 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
187 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
61%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
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
30.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
14.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 14.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% | 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary
Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary this school | 266 | 70.3% | 22.1% |
| Martin Boulevard Elementary Baltimore | 253 | 67.2% | 34.0% |
| Milbrook Elementary Baltimore | 263 | 69.2% | 27.3% |
| Oakwood Elementary Glen Burnie | 309 | 74.1% | 31.3% |
| Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 235 | 60.0% | 30.5% |
| North Glen Elementary Glen Burnie | 278 | 81.3% | 32.3% |
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 Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #763 of 853 | #59 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #804 of 853 ▼ 98 | #84 of 104 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #718 of 853 ▲ 27 | #53 of 104 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #798 of 898 | #81 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #84 of 857 | #6 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #365 of 857 | #12 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #268 of 885 | #77 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #95 of 551 | #24 of 56 |
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
266
-70 (-21%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 266 | 24 | 11.1:1 | 70% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 27 | 10.6:1 | 68% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 68% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 57% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 23.5 | 15.2:1 | 100% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 20 | 17.6:1 | 97% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 20 | 15.2:1 | 95% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 341 | 22 | 15.5:1 | 95% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 20 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (356 to 266); teachers up 2% (23.5 to 24).
About Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary
Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. Enrollment totals 266 students across pre-K through 5. The school is 45% below the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Baltimore City Public Schools is the local district for Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary. It runs 152 schools with 76,946 students.
Federal enrollment data show Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary is 51% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 33% Black and 14% White. Baltimore city as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is higher. Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary lands at D, ahead of 5% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.1% is 10.5 points below the 32.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Baltimore city. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $62,177 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary shares Baltimore city with 155 other public schools.
Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary's nearest public school is Southwest Baltimore Charter School (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary. Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 336 to 266, a 21% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.4:1 to 11.1:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Charles Carroll Barrister ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary?
Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary enrolls approximately 266 students in grades PK-05.
Is Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary is approximately 11.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary?
At Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary, the student body is approximately 14% White, 51% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary public or private?
Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools.
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