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Enrollment
831
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000224
Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle
6300 O'Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD 21224 · (410) 396-9083 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL831 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% 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.
- ·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
13.6:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
518 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 58 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (86).
Student demographics
32%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
28.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
20.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 28 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.3% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 22.2% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle
Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle this school | 831 | 62.3% | 24.4% |
| Highlandtown Elementary/Middle #237 Baltimore | 899 | 66.1% | 12.7% |
| Harmony Hills Elementary Silver Spring | 655 | 65.0% | 28.3% |
| Weller Road Elementary Silver Spring | 691 | 65.3% | 34.9% |
| Lakeland Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 1,070 | 62.6% | 39.0% |
| South Lake Elementary Gaithersburg | 746 | 66.1% | 24.8% |
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 Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #733 of 853 | #49 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #734 of 853 ▼ 73 | #56 of 104 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #740 of 853 ▼ 21 | #58 of 104 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 831 | #33 of 898 | #10 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #385 of 857 | #34 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #702 of 857 | #43 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #366 of 885 | #86 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +82.2% | #7 of 294 | #5 of 45 |
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
831
+223 (+37%) vs 2020
+104% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 831 | 61 | 13.6:1 | 62% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 801 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 69% (551) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 40 | 17.5:1 | 68% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 42 | 14.5:1 | 51% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 87% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 95% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 16 | 21.6:1 | 94% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 23 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 82% (456 to 831); teachers up 103% (30 to 61).
About Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle
Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle runs as a high-enrollment elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. It has an enrollment of 831 students in pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average enrollment is about 481.
In Baltimore City Public Schools, 152 schools enroll a combined 76,946 students.
Of every 100 students at Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle, about 81 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 12% Black and 5% White. Census figures show Baltimore city is about 8% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 61 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is similar, at 13.8:1. On the income side, 62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Baltimore city is 74%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle is 13.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
The school is in Baltimore city, where median household income comes to about $62,177, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Baltimore city counts 156 public schools with about 77,341 students.
Measured in a straight line, Holabird Academy is about 0.5 miles from Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 608 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 831 by 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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/MiddleHow large is Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle?
Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 831 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle serve?
Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle is approximately 13.6:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle?
At Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle, the student body is approximately 5% White, 81% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle in?
Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle is part of Baltimore City Public Schools.
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