Gardenville Elementary

Located at 5300 Belair Road, in Baltimore, Maryland, Gardenville Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary campus that instructs 229 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Baltimore City Public Schools. That puts it 52% below 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. Gardenville Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Gardenville Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). The remainder breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Baltimore city (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gardenville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.1%, the actual is 20.0%, a residual of -5.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Baltimore city indicate median household earnings sit near $62,177, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Gardenville Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Baltimore International Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gardenville Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 32.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Gardenville Elementary's enrollment has edged down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 327 (now 229). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 3% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Gardenville Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.