Dorothy I. Height Elementary

Dorothy I. Height Elementary is a primary school of average-sized scale in Baltimore, Maryland, part of Baltimore City Public Schools, caters to 435 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 152 schools in Baltimore City Public Schools (76,946 students total), Dorothy I. Height Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Dorothy I. Height Elementary reports that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Baltimore city runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Dorothy I. Height Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.0%; this one delivers 14.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Baltimore city put median household income runs about $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Baltimore city's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), Dorothy I. Height Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mount Royal Elementary/Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dorothy I. Height Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 22.7%.

Dorothy I. Height Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 36%: 319 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 97% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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