Enrollment
230
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000179
Collington Square Elementary/Middle
1409 N Collington Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21213 · (410) 396-9198 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL230 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
206 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 | 14 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (32).
Student demographics
21%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
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at Collington Square Elementary/Middle.
START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
17.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.5% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.1% | 23.2% |
% 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
16.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Collington Square Elementary/Middle
Collington Square Elementary/Middle's state test result (16.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collington Square Elementary/Middle this school | 230 | 89.6% | 16.2% |
| Westport Academy Baltimore | 251 | 92.8% | 13.8% |
| Windsor Hills Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 252 | 86.5% | 31.4% |
| Billie Holiday Elementary Baltimore | 242 | 86.0% | N/A |
| Callaway Elementary Baltimore | 231 | 85.3% | 31.9% |
| Sinclair Lane Elementary Baltimore | 269 | 86.6% | 15.7% |
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 Collington Square Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #828 of 853 | #84 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #844 of 853 ▼ 196 | #98 of 104 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #827 of 853 ▲ 1 | #88 of 104 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 230 | #832 of 898 | #93 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #688 of 857 | #68 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #792 of 857 | #64 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #97 of 885 | #13 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.4% | #47 of 551 | #13 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
230
-96 (-29%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 230 | 14.5 | 15.9:1 | 90% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 10 | 19.8:1 | 91% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 15 | 13.5:1 | 90% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 91% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 23.5 | 14.5:1 | 100% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 99% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 98% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 96% (312) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 29 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Collington Square Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (340 to 230); teachers down 38% (23.5 to 14.5).
About Collington Square Elementary/Middle
Collington Square Elementary/Middle is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. It teaches 230 students in pre-K through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in Maryland enroll about 481 students on average.
Collington Square Elementary/Middle belongs to Baltimore City Public Schools, a district of 152 schools and 76,946 students.
Black students are 89% of those enrolled at Collington Square Elementary/Middle. Other reported shares: 8% Hispanic. That compares with about 59% Black among all Baltimore city residents. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at Collington Square Elementary/Middle are from different groups.
For every teacher at Collington Square Elementary/Middle, there are about 15.9 students; the school has 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 90%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Baltimore city is 74%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Collington Square Elementary/Middle is -5.0 points: 16.2% actual, 21.2% predicted.
The school's county is Baltimore city. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $62,177, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 156 public schools in the county, enrolling about 77,341, Collington Square Elementary/Middle among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lakewood Elementary, is about 0.3 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Collington Square Elementary/Middle ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Collington Square Elementary/Middle in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 326 to 230, a 29% decrease.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore City Public Schools
- Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical HighHigh · 1,714 students
- Baltimore Polytechnic InstituteHigh · 1,632 students
- Baltimore City CollegeHigh · 1,470 students
- KIPP Harmony AcademyElementary · 1,399 students
- Roland Park Elementary/MiddleElementary · 1,371 students
- Digital Harbor High SchoolHigh · 1,359 students
Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Nearby schools
- Lakewood Elementary0.3 mi · 94
- Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership0.4 mi · 636
- Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle0.4 mi · 705
- Lillie May Carroll Jackson School0.5 mi · 209
- Harford Heights Elementary0.6 mi · 435
- Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle0.6 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About Collington Square Elementary/MiddleHow many students attend Collington Square Elementary/Middle?
Collington Square Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 230 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Collington Square Elementary/Middle serve?
Collington Square Elementary/Middle serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Collington Square Elementary/Middle?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Collington Square Elementary/Middle.
How diverse is Collington Square Elementary/Middle?
Collington Square Elementary/Middle reports a student body of 1% White, 8% Hispanic, 89% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Collington Square Elementary/Middle in?
Collington Square Elementary/Middle is part of Baltimore City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.