Enrollment
189
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000184
Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary
201 E 21st Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 · (410) 396-4525 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL189 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Maryland public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
154 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 | 30 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
40%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
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
20.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
16.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.4% | 16.1% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary
Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary this school | 189 | 81.5% | 15.4% |
| Dickey Hill Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 218 | 82.1% | 15.1% |
| Gardenville Elementary Baltimore | 229 | 83.0% | 20.0% |
| Annapolis Elementary Annapolis | 190 | 82.6% | 17.3% |
| Matthew A. Henson Elementary Baltimore | 199 | 85.9% | 30.4% |
| Creative City Public Charter School Baltimore | 210 | 81.9% | 21.5% |
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 Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #831 of 853 | #86 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #789 of 853 ▲ 47 | #74 of 104 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #814 of 853 ▲ 11 | #79 of 104 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 189 | #864 of 898 | #100 of 109 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #171 of 885 | #54 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.0% | #58 of 551 | #18 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
189
-28 (-13%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 189 | 14.5 | 13.0:1 | 81% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 15 | 12.8:1 | 83% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 18 | 11.2:1 | 84% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 217 | 18 | 12.1:1 | 78% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 19.5 | 14.1:1 | 100% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 100% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 23 | 14.8:1 | 96% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 19 | 16.0:1 | 99% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 20 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (274 to 189); teachers down 26% (19.5 to 14.5).
About Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary
As a very small elementary school, Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary serves students in Baltimore, Maryland. The school enrolls 189 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
Baltimore City Public Schools is responsible for 152 schools, Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary included, with 76,946 students in all.
More than half of the students at Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary are Black (75%). Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic and 3% Pacific Islander. In Baltimore city overall, about 59% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
The school has 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary, 81% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of Maryland public elementary schools.
In Maryland, Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 15.4% actual against a predicted 26.0%.
For Baltimore city, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $62,177, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 156 public schools in the county, enrolling about 77,341, Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary among them.
Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School sits about 0.3 miles from Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary's location as City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 217 to 189, a 13% decline.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary?
Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary enrolls approximately 189 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary is approximately 13.0:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary?
Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 19% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary?
Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary is overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore city.
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