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If you could change one rule at Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy, what would it be?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000211
Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217 · (410) 396-0882 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
402 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
4
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 | 47 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
6%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
34.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +17.7pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.7pp 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 21 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.1% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 16.4% | 10.7% |
% 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy
Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy this school | 433 | 92.8% | 20.6% |
| Harlem Park Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 402 | 93.5% | 17.5% |
| Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy Baltimore | 410 | 95.1% | 14.3% |
| Samuel P. Massie Academy Forestville | 477 | 93.5% | 17.3% |
| Kettering Elementary Upper Marlboro | 415 | 92.0% | 27.5% |
| Mary E. Rodman Elementary Baltimore | 431 | 86.5% | 23.0% |
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 Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #782 of 853 | #66 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #722 of 853 ▲ 105 | #52 of 104 ▲ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #655 of 853 ▲ 157 | #37 of 104 ▲ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #541 of 898 | #52 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #767 of 857 | #78 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.9% | #852 of 857 | #94 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #41 of 885 | #6 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #311 of 551 | #41 of 56 |
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
433
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
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 | 433 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 93% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 23 | 18.7:1 | 91% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 91% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 89% (402) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 100% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 99% (506) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 97% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | N/A | N/A | 91% (407) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 33 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (488 to 433); teachers down 7% (28 to 26).
About Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy
Families in Baltimore, Maryland, are served by Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 433 students.
The district for Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy is Baltimore City Public Schools, with 152 schools and 76,946 students.
At Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy, 97% of students are Black. Census figures show Baltimore city is about 59% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy scores 6%.
A staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.6:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 2.8 students per teacher. By family income, 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 74% average for public schools in Baltimore city is 19 points lower.
Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of Maryland public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy lands between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.6%; the prediction is 19.3%.
In Baltimore city, home to about 573,243 people, median household income comes to about $62,177, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. There are 156 public schools in the county, enrolling about 77,341, Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy among them.
Of the public schools around it, Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy is closest to The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy ranks 1st of 6 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy as a charter school.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 450 to 433. The ratio was 15.5:1 in 2020-21 and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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Nearby schools
- The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary0.2 mi · 236
- Booker T. Washington Middle0.3 mi · 192
- Renaissance Academy0.3 mi · 241
- Joseph C. Briscoe Academy0.3 mi · 30
- Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High0.6 mi · 264
- Harlem Park Elementary/Middle0.6 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Furman Templeton Preparatory AcademyHow large is Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy?
Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy serve?
Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy have?
Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy?
Student demographics at Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy are roughly 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy public or private?
Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.