Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle

Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Baltimore, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools. The school teaches 705 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Baltimore City Public Schools runs 152 schools in total, collectively educating 76,946 students. Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle logs that 76% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.4%, the actual is 15.0%, a residual of -10.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) records that the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle is one.

Lakewood Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.8%.

Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle has increased 3%, going from 684 students in 2018 to 705 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 96% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.