Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009001558
Empowerment Academy
851 Braddish Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 · (443) 984-2381 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
274 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 | 21 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 31% larger than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
5%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
34.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
28.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.4% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.4% | 35.3% |
% 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Empowerment Academy
Empowerment Academy's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empowerment Academy this school | 344 | 79.7% | 35.6% |
| Yorkwood Elementary Baltimore | 294 | 82.0% | 26.8% |
| Cecil Elementary Baltimore | 348 | 85.1% | 17.4% |
| Imagine Lincoln PCS Temple Hills | 371 | 73.3% | 27.4% |
| Liberty Elementary Baltimore | 335 | 86.3% | 31.4% |
| Dr. Nathan A. Pitts-Ashburton Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 287 | 84.0% | 17.8% |
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 Empowerment Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #528 of 853 | #19 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #616 of 853 ▼ 148 | #38 of 104 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #648 of 853 ▼ 206 | #36 of 104 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #694 of 898 | #65 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #117 of 857 | #9 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.1% | #853 of 857 | #95 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #190 of 885 | #59 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.5% | #27 of 294 | #13 of 45 |
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
344
+57 (+20%) vs 2020
+45% since 2010-11, when it was 238
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 344 | 30 | 11.5:1 | 80% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 77% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 24 | 12.7:1 | 73% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 65% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 252 | 18 | 14.0:1 | 100% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 73% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 238 | 19 | 12.5:1 | 76% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Empowerment Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 37% (252 to 344); teachers up 67% (18 to 30).
About Empowerment Academy
Empowerment Academy is a small elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, administered by Baltimore City Public Schools. Enrollment is 344 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 28% smaller than average.
Baltimore City Public Schools has 152 schools; together they serve 76,946 students.
About 97% of the student body at Empowerment Academy is Black. In Baltimore city overall, about 59% of residents are Black. Empowerment Academy's diversity index is 5%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.5:1. That is lower than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 80%.
Empowerment Academy is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 52% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Empowerment Academy posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.6%, compared with a predicted 27.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Baltimore city show that the median household income is $62,177, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Empowerment Academy is one of 156 public schools in the county.
Katherine Johnson Global Academy is the public school closest to Empowerment Academy, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Empowerment Academy's average proficiency of 35.6% compares with 20.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Empowerment Academy as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
2024-25 enrollment was 344, a 20% increase from 287 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.3 to 11.5 over 4 years.
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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 Empowerment AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Empowerment Academy?
Empowerment Academy enrolls approximately 344 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Empowerment Academy serve?
Empowerment Academy serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Empowerment Academy have?
Empowerment Academy employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
How diverse is Empowerment Academy?
Empowerment Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Empowerment Academy?
Empowerment Academy is overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore city.
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