Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000213
Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle
2800 Ailsa Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21214 · (410) 396-6361 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
12.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
237 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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 49% smaller than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
26%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
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
26.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
12.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 10.0% |
% 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
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle
Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle this school | 320 | 74.1% | 18.2% |
| Imagine Lincoln PCS Temple Hills | 371 | 73.3% | 27.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 272 | 77.6% | 23.9% |
| Empowerment Academy Baltimore | 344 | 79.7% | 35.6% |
| Govans Elementary Baltimore | 410 | 69.3% | 28.1% |
| Marlton Elementary Upper Marlboro | 309 | 66.0% | 29.7% |
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 Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #809 of 853 | #76 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #828 of 853 ▲ 10 | #91 of 104 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #759 of 853 ▼ 20 | #65 of 104 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #724 of 898 | #69 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #214 of 857 | #17 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.5% | #763 of 857 | #55 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.1% | #231 of 885 | #70 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #182 of 551 | #29 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
320
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 320 | 26 | 12.3:1 | 74% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 26 | 12.8:1 | 74% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 69% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 19 | 16.7:1 | 67% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 19 | 20.5:1 | 100% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 96% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 85% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 55% (262) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (389 to 320); teachers up 37% (19 to 26).
About Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle
The public elementary school Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle is located in Baltimore, Maryland. Federal data show 320 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
The district, Baltimore City Public Schools, has 76,946 students enrolled across 152 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle is 86% Black. Other groups include 6% White, 5% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 59% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 74% at Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle. The average for public schools in Baltimore city is similar, at 74%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle outscored 2%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle scores 18.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 30.4%.
Census data for Baltimore city show median household income comes to about $62,177, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 156 public schools in the county, enrolling about 77,341, Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle among them.
Of the public schools around it, Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle is closest to City Neighbors High, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 318 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 320. Students per teacher dropped from 16.7 in 2020-21 to 12.3 in 2024-25.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Garrett Heights Elementary/MiddleHow many students attend Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle?
Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 320 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle serve?
Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle is approximately 12.3:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle?
Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle reports a student body of 6% White, 5% Hispanic, 86% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle?
Garrett Heights Elementary/Middle is overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore city.
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