Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle

Located at 6820 Fait Ave, in Baltimore, Maryland, Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle is a heavily attended elementary campus that hosts 774 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by Baltimore City Public Schools. That puts it 61% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle shows that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 45% Hispanic, 5% White. That is noticeably less Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 32.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) reports that median household earnings sit near $62,177, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 21.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 881 (now 774). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 59% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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