Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000229
Gwynns Falls Elementary
2700 Gwynns Falls Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21216 · (410) 396-0638 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% 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.
- CBeats 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
10.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
170 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 | 33 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
5%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
32.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +19.5pp since 2023
Math
38.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +28.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 28 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.8% | 38.3% |
| 2023-24 | 13.3% | 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Gwynns Falls Elementary
Gwynns Falls Elementary's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwynns Falls Elementary this school | 201 | 84.6% | 23.6% |
| New Song Academy Baltimore | 182 | 87.4% | 12.5% |
| Callaway Elementary Baltimore | 231 | 85.3% | 31.9% |
| Matthew A. Henson Elementary Baltimore | 199 | 85.9% | 30.4% |
| Billie Holiday Elementary Baltimore | 242 | 86.0% | N/A |
| Creative City Public Charter School Baltimore | 210 | 81.9% | 21.5% |
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 Gwynns Falls Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #744 of 853 | #53 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #454 of 853 ▲ 385 | #20 of 104 ▲ 78 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #680 of 853 ▲ 160 | #46 of 104 ▲ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #855 of 898 | #97 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #52 of 857 | #2 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #855 of 857 | #96 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #144 of 885 | #38 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.9% | #11 of 551 | #3 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
201
-85 (-30%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 201 | 19 | 10.6:1 | 85% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 15.5 | 14.7:1 | 80% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 14.5 | 16.4:1 | 79% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 76% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 100% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 100% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 88% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | 89% (417) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | 21 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gwynns Falls Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (358 to 201); teachers down 17% (23 to 19).
About Gwynns Falls Elementary
In Baltimore, Maryland, part of Baltimore city, Gwynns Falls Elementary is an elementary school. A federal count lists 201 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Maryland) has about 481 students.
Baltimore City Public Schools counts 152 schools and 76,946 students, including Gwynns Falls Elementary.
Black students make up 98% of enrollment at Gwynns Falls Elementary. For comparison, the population of Baltimore city is roughly 59% Black. Gwynns Falls Elementary's diversity index is 5%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 19 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 10.6:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Baltimore city average 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Gwynns Falls Elementary is C-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Gwynns Falls Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Baltimore city, the median household income is $62,177, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. In all, Baltimore city has 156 public schools and roughly 77,341 students.
Of nearby public schools, ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Gwynns Falls Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Gwynns Falls Elementary comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Gwynns Falls Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 85 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.1 to 10.6 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Gwynns Falls ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Gwynns Falls Elementary?
Gwynns Falls Elementary enrolls approximately 201 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gwynns Falls Elementary serve?
Gwynns Falls Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Gwynns Falls Elementary?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Gwynns Falls Elementary.
How diverse is Gwynns Falls Elementary?
Gwynns Falls Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 98% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Gwynns Falls Elementary in?
Gwynns Falls Elementary is part of Baltimore City Public Schools.
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