Halstead Academy

Halstead Academy is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in Baltimore, Maryland, part of Baltimore County Public Schools, with 489 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Halstead Academy is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Halstead Academy lists that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Halstead Academy logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Baltimore County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Halstead Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.8%; this one delivers 18.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Baltimore County shows median household earnings sit near $91,768, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Halstead Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Achievement Academy at Harbor City High, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Halstead Academy. On composite proficiency, Halstead Academy comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 27.0%.

Halstead Academy operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Halstead Academy's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 501 (now 489). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 6% to 17% over that span.

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