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Enrollment
910
High
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000194
Edmondson-Westside High
501 N Athol Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229 · (410) 396-0685 · Baltimore city
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL910 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Maryland public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
726 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 305 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 253 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 176 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 176 | 19% |
Student demographics
22%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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
29.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
19.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.6% | 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Edmondson-Westside High
Edmondson-Westside High's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmondson-Westside High this school | 910 | 79.8% | 20.9% |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar High Baltimore | 1,087 | 77.7% | 34.6% |
| The Reach! Partnership School Baltimore | 724 | 84.4% | 18.7% |
| Forest Park High Baltimore | 1,024 | 75.1% | 21.4% |
| Carver Vocational-Technical High Baltimore | 1,041 | 86.4% | 18.9% |
| Green Street Academy Baltimore | 808 | 84.3% | 15.1% |
Matched among Maryland high 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 Edmondson-Westside High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #180 of 203 | #11 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #40 of 206 ▲ 77 | #5 of 28 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #186 of 206 ▲ 7 | #13 of 28 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 910 | #152 of 234 | #11 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #61 of 210 | #14 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #193 of 211 | #19 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.8% | #28 of 212 | #16 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #67 of 76 | #10 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
910
+43 (+5%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,426
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 910 | 59.5 | 15.3:1 | 80% (726) |
| 2023-24 | 858 | 57 | 15.1:1 | 80% (685) |
| 2022-23 | 859 | 56.5 | 15.2:1 | 80% (690) |
| 2020-21 | 867 | 56 | 15.5:1 | 78% (676) |
| 2017-18 | 923 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 100% (923) |
| 2015-16 | 858 | 58 | 14.8:1 | 97% (836) |
| 2010-11 | 1,027 | 73 | 14.1:1 | 79% (807) |
| 2000-01 | 1,096 | 72 | 15.2:1 | 45% (492) |
| 1990-91 | 1,426 | 90 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edmondson-Westside High.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (923 to 910); teachers down 4% (62 to 59.5).
About Edmondson-Westside High
Edmondson-Westside High is a small high school found in Baltimore, Maryland. A total of 910 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Maryland is about 1,185 students, so this school is 23% smaller than average.
Baltimore City Public Schools oversees Edmondson-Westside High and 151 other schools, with 76,946 students in total.
Black students make up 87% of enrollment at Edmondson-Westside High. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Baltimore city's population at about 59%. Pick two students at random and there is a 22% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Edmondson-Westside High operates with 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.3:1. That matches the 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland fairly closely. About 80% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Edmondson-Westside High is graded C by allk12, scoring above 28% of Maryland public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Edmondson-Westside High is 27.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 20.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Baltimore city show that the median household income is $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Edmondson-Westside High is one of 156 public schools in the county.
Wildwood Elementary/Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Edmondson-Westside High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 20.9% is below the 23.1% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 910 students in 2024-25, 43 more than the 867 it had in 2020-21.
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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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Edmondson-Westside HighWhat is the total enrollment at Edmondson-Westside High?
Edmondson-Westside High enrolls approximately 910 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Edmondson-Westside High serve?
Edmondson-Westside High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Edmondson-Westside High have?
Edmondson-Westside High employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Edmondson-Westside High?
Student demographics at Edmondson-Westside High are roughly 0% White, 11% Hispanic, 87% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Edmondson-Westside High?
Edmondson-Westside High is overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.