City Neighbors Hamilton

Located at 5609 Sefton Avenue, in Baltimore, Maryland, City Neighbors Hamilton is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that educates 250 students (grades K through 8), overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so City Neighbors Hamilton sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Baltimore City Public Schools, which oversees 152 schools and 76,946 students, City Neighbors Hamilton is one campus in the system.

On demographics, City Neighbors Hamilton lists that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Baltimore city overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at City Neighbors Hamilton qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, City Neighbors Hamilton tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

In the surrounding community, Baltimore city reports that median household income runs about $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Baltimore city's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), City Neighbors Hamilton is one campus in the mix.

City Neighbors High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), City Neighbors Hamilton ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. As a public charter, City Neighbors Hamilton runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 236 students in 2018 compared to 250 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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