Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000149
Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle
3935 Hilton Road, Baltimore, MD 21215 · (410) 396-0636 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest 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
14.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
241 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 | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 53 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 57% smaller than its 8th grade class (53).
Student demographics
16%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
19.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -13.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 19 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 are down about 13 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.3% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 23.2% |
% 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
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle
Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle this school | 287 | 84.0% | 17.8% |
| Yorkwood Elementary Baltimore | 294 | 82.0% | 26.8% |
| Hilton Elementary Baltimore | 258 | 86.4% | 19.6% |
| Sinclair Lane Elementary Baltimore | 269 | 86.6% | 15.7% |
| Windsor Hills Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 252 | 86.5% | 31.4% |
| 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. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #816 of 853 | #78 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #843 of 853 ▼ 196 | #97 of 104 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #819 of 853 ▼ 28 | #82 of 104 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #767 of 898 | #76 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #446 of 857 | #41 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #819 of 857 | #76 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #146 of 885 | #40 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.3% | #49 of 551 | #14 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
287
-62 (-18%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 279
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 287 | 20.5 | 14.0:1 | 84% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 82% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 84% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 83% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 100% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 99% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 469 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 89% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 615 | 32 | 19.2:1 | 60% (371) |
| 1990-91 | 279 | 13 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (424 to 287); teachers down 18% (25 to 20.5).
About Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle
This page covers Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle, a small elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. It educates 287 students in pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 40% smaller than the 481 average for elementary schools in Maryland.
The district, Baltimore City Public Schools, operates 152 schools serving 76,946 students.
Black students make up 92% of enrollment at Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle. The remaining shares are 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Baltimore city's population at about 59%. Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle's diversity index is 16%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle counts 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.0 students for each one. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Baltimore city report 74%.
allk12 grades Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle a D. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle are 6.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (17.8% actual, 24.5% predicted).
Across Baltimore city, the median household income is $62,177, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. In all, Baltimore city has 156 public schools and roughly 77,341 students.
The next-closest public school is Creative City Public Charter School, about 0.2 miles away. Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.8% against a local average of 24.5%.
Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 18% from 2020-21, when Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle had 349 students, to 2024-25, when it had 287.
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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. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle?
Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 287 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle serve?
Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle?
At Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle, the student body is approximately 1% White, 6% Hispanic, 92% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle public or private?
Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools.
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