Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary

Set in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary is a small K-5 school, one of the schools within Baltimore City Public Schools. It enrolls 300 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% smaller than the state mean of about 481.

Baltimore City Public Schools runs 152 schools in total, collectively educating 76,946 students. Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary lists that nearly all students (95%) are Black. The remainder reads as 2% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Baltimore city runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Baltimore city indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

Johnston Square Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 17.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary has fell 15%, going from 352 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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