Claremont School

Claremont School operates as an one-room-style secondary school in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the schools within Baltimore City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 46 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,185 students per school, that is 96% smaller than typical.

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

Demographically, Claremont School shows that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest consists of 11% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Baltimore city as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 2.6:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Baltimore city (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Baltimore city put the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Claremont School is one.

The closest other public school is Patterson High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Claremont School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 63 students in 2018 compared to 46 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 95% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 2.6:1 in 2025.

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