City Springs Elementary/Middle

City Springs Elementary/Middle is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, with 483 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 152 schools in Baltimore City Public Schools (76,946 students total), City Springs Elementary/Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, City Springs Elementary/Middle shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, City Springs Elementary/Middle lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.

After controlling for student poverty, City Springs Elementary/Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Baltimore city shows median household earnings sit near $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which City Springs Elementary/Middle is one.

Paul Laurence Dunbar High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around City Springs Elementary/Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), City Springs Elementary/Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.3%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. City Springs Elementary/Middle operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. City Springs Elementary/Middle's enrollment has shrank 37% since 2018, when it stood at 769 (now 483). Black enrollment moved from 98% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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