Edgewood Elementary

Edgewood Elementary, a very small elementary-level community in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the schools within Baltimore City Public Schools, serves 134 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Edgewood Elementary sits 72% smaller than that benchmark.

Edgewood Elementary is one of 152 schools operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, a district that works with 76,946 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Edgewood Elementary shows that nearly all students (96%) are Black; the rest consists of 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Baltimore city as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Edgewood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Edgewood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.7%, the actual is 30.5%, a residual of +8.8 points.

Across the wider county, Baltimore city reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Baltimore city's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), Edgewood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is KIPP Harmony Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 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), Edgewood Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 25.0%.

Edgewood Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edgewood Elementary has shrank 39%, going from 219 students in 2018 to 134 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Edgewood Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.