Johnston Square Elementary

Set in Baltimore, Maryland, Johnston Square Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools. It works with 271 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

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

On demographics, Johnston Square Elementary shows that nearly all students (96%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Baltimore city (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Johnston Square Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.3%, the actual is 11.5%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Johnston Square Elementary is one.

Eager Street Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Johnston Square Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.1%.

Johnston Square Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnston Square Elementary has fell 19%, going from 336 students in 2018 to 271 in 2025.

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