| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (85).
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What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.3% | 33.4% |
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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%.
Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle this school | 774 | 73.5% | 32.6% |
| Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 706 | 76.1% | 14.3% |
| Monarch Academy Annapolis ES Annapolis | 634 | 73.8% | 26.2% |
| Owings Mills Elementary Owings Mills | 666 | 68.2% | 35.4% |
| Dundalk Elementary Baltimore | 757 | 75.3% | 17.8% |
| Patterson Park Public Charter School Baltimore | 730 | 62.2% | 34.3% |
| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #590 of 853 | #27 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #523 of 853 ▼ 21 | #25 of 104 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #643 of 853 ▲ 42 | #34 of 104 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 774 | #47 of 898 | #14 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #165 of 857 | #11 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #401 of 857 | #14 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #238 of 885 | #74 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #291 of 551 | #39 of 56 |
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 774 | 65 | 11.9:1 | 74% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 756 | 65 | 11.6:1 | 72% (542) |
| 2022-23 | 855 | 63 | 13.6:1 | 72% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 871 | 54 | 16.1:1 | 65% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 881 | 48 | 18.4:1 | 100% (881) |
| 2015-16 | 785 | 47 | 16.7:1 | 100% (785) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 97% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 79% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 811 | 42 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (881 to 774); teachers up 35% (48 to 65).
The public elementary school Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle is located in Baltimore, Maryland. It enrolled 774 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 61% higher than the average for elementary schools in Maryland, which is about 481.
Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle is one of 152 schools in Baltimore City Public Schools, which enrolls 76,946 students in total.
Black students form the largest group at Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle, 46% of enrollment. Other groups make up 45% Hispanic and 5% White. County-wide, 59% of Baltimore city residents are Black. By the diversity index, Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle comes in at 58%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.9:1, with 65 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle is 74%. That is close to the 74% average for public schools in Baltimore city.
In Maryland, Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 32.6% actual against a predicted 30.7%.
Census estimates describe Baltimore city this way: median household income is about $62,177, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 156 public schools in Baltimore city, with a combined enrollment of about 77,341.
Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Federal data place Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 774 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 871. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.1:1 to 11.9:1.
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