Govans Elementary

Govans Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Baltimore, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 410 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 152 schools in Baltimore City Public Schools (76,946 students total), Govans Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Govans Elementary logs that nearly all students (85%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Govans Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.2%, the actual is 28.1%, a residual of -5.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Baltimore city put median household earnings sit near $62,177, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Govans Elementary is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

The closest other public school is Tunbridge Public Charter School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Govans Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Govans Elementary is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Govans Elementary has declined 6%, going from 436 students in 2018 to 410 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 96% to 85%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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