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What's something Coppin Academy does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
450
High
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009001530
Coppin Academy
2500 W North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 · (443) 642-5060 · Baltimore city
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Maryland public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
377 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 158 | 35% |
| Grade 10 | 130 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 92 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 70 | 16% |
Student demographics
5%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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
46.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.1pp since 2023
Math
10.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.2% | 10.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 10.1% |
% 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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Coppin Academy
Coppin Academy's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coppin Academy this school | 450 | 83.8% | 24.6% |
| Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women Baltimore | 466 | 82.6% | 19.1% |
| ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School Baltimore | 523 | 88.7% | 12.7% |
| Baltimore Design School Baltimore | 503 | 75.9% | 16.9% |
| Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy Baltimore | 386 | 87.3% | 20.4% |
| Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts Baltimore | 337 | 92.6% | 17.8% |
Matched among Maryland high 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 Coppin Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #161 of 203 | #8 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #104 of 206 ▲ 5 | #13 of 28 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #146 of 206 ▲ 31 | #8 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #192 of 234 | #22 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #122 of 210 | #22 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.8% | #210 of 211 | #29 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #25 of 212 | #13 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.9% | #24 of 131 | #6 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high 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
450
+91 (+25%) vs 2020
+32% since 2010-11, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
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 | 450 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 84% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 74% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 76% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 70% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 100% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 90% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | 27 | 12.7:1 | 82% (282) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coppin Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (349 to 450); teachers up 13% (24 to 27).
About Coppin Academy
Coppin Academy sits in Baltimore, Maryland, and is classified as a high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 450 students. Against the 1,185-student average for high schools in Maryland, enrollment here is 62% lower.
Federal data list 152 schools in Baltimore City Public Schools, with 76,946 students enrolled.
Black students are the large majority at Coppin Academy, with 97% of enrollment. In Baltimore city overall, about 59% of residents are Black. Coppin Academy has a diversity index of 5%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Coppin Academy is 27 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.7:1. Among high schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 15.3:1. The school counts 377 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 84%. The rate at public schools in Baltimore city averages 74%, lower than here.
Coppin Academy is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 45% of Maryland public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Coppin Academy, the prediction is 24.6% and the result is 24.6%.
Baltimore city has these Census figures: median household income is about $62,177, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Coppin Academy is among the 156 public schools in Baltimore city.
Robert W. Coleman Elementary is the public school closest to Coppin Academy, about 0.1 miles away. Coppin Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Coppin Academy at 3rd of 8.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 450 was 25% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 359.
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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
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Nearby schools
- Robert W. Coleman Elementary0.1 mi · 201
- William S. Baer School0.2 mi · 167
- Gwynns Falls Elementary0.3 mi · 201
- ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School0.5 mi · 523
- Bard High School Early College0.5 mi · 459
- Matthew A. Henson Elementary0.6 mi · 199
Frequently asked questions
About Coppin AcademyHow many students attend Coppin Academy?
Coppin Academy enrolls approximately 450 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Coppin Academy serve?
Coppin Academy serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Coppin Academy?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Coppin Academy.
What is the student diversity at Coppin Academy?
Student demographics at Coppin Academy are roughly 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Coppin Academy?
Coppin Academy is overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.