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Glenmount Elementary/Middle
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 36% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Glenmount Elementary/Middle
Glenmount Elementary/Middle, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Baltimore, Maryland, run under Baltimore City Public Schools, works with 628 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 31% bigger than typical.
Baltimore City Public Schools comprises 152 schools with combined enrollment of 76,946 students; Glenmount Elementary/Middle is among them.
On the student-mix side, Glenmount Elementary/Middle lists that nearly all students (84%) are Black. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, Glenmount Elementary/Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.8%; this one delivers 35.8%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) logs 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%. Across Baltimore city's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), Glenmount Elementary/Middle is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is City Neighbors Charter School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenmount Elementary/Middle at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 31.2%.
Glenmount Elementary/Middle operates from a city-core location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenmount Elementary/Middle has decreased 11%, going from 703 students in 2018 to 628 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 92% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.
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