Harlem Park Elementary/Middle

Located at 1401 W Lafayette Avenue, in Baltimore, Maryland, Harlem Park Elementary/Middle is a small elementary school that caters to 402 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Baltimore City Public Schools.

Within Baltimore City Public Schools, which oversees 152 schools and 76,946 students, Harlem Park Elementary/Middle is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Harlem Park Elementary/Middle lists that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Harlem Park Elementary/Middle has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Baltimore city (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Harlem Park Elementary/Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.9%, the actual is 17.5%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Baltimore city reports that median household income runs about $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Harlem Park Elementary/Middle is one.

Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy West is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harlem Park Elementary/Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harlem Park Elementary/Middle at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 17.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 20%: 334 students in 2018 compared to 402 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.