Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000187
Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary
1400 N Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21213 · (410) 396-1452 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 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
14.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
281 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 | 32 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
9%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
10.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
10.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.1% | 10.1% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 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
10.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary
Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary's state test result (10.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary this school | 300 | 93.7% | 10.1% |
| Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou Baltimore | 296 | 92.2% | 17.2% |
| Johnston Square Elementary Baltimore | 271 | 94.5% | 11.5% |
| Rosemont Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 294 | 90.1% | 24.6% |
| The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary Baltimore | 236 | 95.8% | 14.8% |
| Liberty Elementary Baltimore | 335 | 86.3% | 31.4% |
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 Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #853 of 853 | #104 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #842 of 853 ▼ 5 | #96 of 104 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #849 of 853 ▲ 2 | #100 of 104 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #750 of 898 | #72 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #528 of 857 | #53 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.0% | #843 of 857 | #86 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.7% | #26 of 885 | #4 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #232 of 551 | #38 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
300
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 300 | 20.5 | 14.6:1 | 94% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 95% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 10 | 28.2:1 | 91% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 91% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 100% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 99% (493) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 96% (431) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 33 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (352 to 300); teachers down 2% (21 to 20.5).
About Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary
Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary is a public elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 300 students enrolled. It has 38% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Maryland (about 481).
Baltimore City Public Schools has 152 schools; together they serve 76,946 students.
The share of students at Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary who are Black is 95%. Enrollment also includes 2% Hispanic. Among people living in Baltimore city, the Black share is about 59%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary scores 9%.
Classroom staffing at Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary totals 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 94% of students (281) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Baltimore city, the school's rate is higher.
Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary scores 10.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 18.8%.
Baltimore city is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $62,177 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary shares Baltimore city with 155 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary is closest to Johnston Square Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary ranks 7th of 7 nearby schools, at 10.1% versus a 17.6% average.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 4% rise took enrollment from 289 in 2020-21 to 300 in 2024-25.
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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 Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. ElementaryHow many students attend Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary?
Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary enrolls approximately 300 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary have?
Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary?
Student demographics at Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary are roughly 2% Hispanic, 95% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary?
Dr. Bernard Harris Sr. Elementary is overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore city.
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