Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle

Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle, a low-enrollment elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, enrolls 287 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 40% below the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Baltimore City Public Schools comprises 152 schools with combined enrollment of 76,946 students; Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle lists that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 84% of students at Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Baltimore city (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) records that 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. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle is one.

Creative City Public Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 32%: 424 students in 2018 compared to 287 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 98% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.