Hilton Elementary

Hilton Elementary is a compact elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the schools within Baltimore City Public Schools. The school instructs 258 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% leaner than the state mean of about 481.

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

On the student-mix side, Hilton Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hilton Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Baltimore city runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hilton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Baltimore city indicate median household income runs about $62,177, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Baltimore city's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), Hilton Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Windsor Hills Elementary/Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hilton Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hilton Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hilton Elementary's enrollment has shrank 33% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 258). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.