Total enrollment
76,807
-105 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
155 schools in Baltimore City Public Schools
Maryland · 76,946 students · 1 city
Baltimore City Public Schools's 155 public K-12 schools collectively enroll about 76,946 students across 109 elementary, 8 middle, and 34 high.
4-year change in Baltimore City Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
151
-2 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Baltimore City Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Maryland | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #23 of 24 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 76,946 | #5 of 24 | #44 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 152 | #4 of 24 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #17 of 24 | #5,133 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 73.6% | #3 of 24 | #1,656 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #20 of 23 | #3,326 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Baltimore City Public Schools
State test results across the district's 139 scored schools run from Medfield Heights Elementary at 66.3% proficient to Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary at 10.1%, a gap of 56.3 points. That is the 7th widest gap among 24 Maryland districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 146 district schools that reported both years went from 73,444 to 75,640 students (up 3%) and from 4,362 to 5,126 full-time teachers (up 18%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Baltimore City Public Schools
As a broad district in Maryland, Baltimore City Public Schools hosts 76,946 students across 155 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Baltimore City Public Schools covers 109 elementary, 8 middle, 34 high schools, and 4 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in Baltimore City Public Schools is about 496, below the Maryland average of roughly 643.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment stayed largely flat: 76,912 students in SY 2020-21 versus 76,807 in SY 2024-25. Baltimore City Public Schools now counts 151 public schools, down from 153 in SY 2020-21.
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