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Fallstaff Elementary/Middle
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)BeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Fallstaff Elementary/Middle
Fallstaff Elementary/Middle is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the schools within Baltimore City Public Schools, with 611 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Fallstaff Elementary/Middle sits 27% larger than that benchmark.
Baltimore City Public Schools runs 152 schools in total, collectively educating 76,946 students. Fallstaff Elementary/Middle is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Fallstaff Elementary/Middle records that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 36% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Fallstaff Elementary/Middle has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fallstaff Elementary/Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.2%; this one comes in at 23.4%, -15.7 points off the demographic line.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) shows that the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Fallstaff Elementary/Middle is one.
Nearest neighbor: Cross Country Elementary/Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fallstaff Elementary/Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fallstaff Elementary/Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fallstaff Elementary/Middle has grew 25%, going from 488 students in 2018 to 611 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 40% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.
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