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Enrollment
473
Middle
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000164
Katherine Johnson Global Academy
1101 Braddish Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 · (410) 396-0581 · Baltimore city
GRADES 03–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Maryland public middle schools
- FTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
428 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 111 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 106 | 22% |
Student demographics
23%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
13.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
11.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.1% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 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
11.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Katherine Johnson Global Academy
Katherine Johnson Global Academy's state test result (11.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Johnson Global Academy this school | 473 | 90.5% | 11.1% |
| The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 513 | 92.6% | 13.9% |
| Ernest Everett Just Middle Mitchellville | 752 | 92.6% | 29.2% |
| Vanguard Collegiate Middle Baltimore | 313 | 85.6% | 10.7% |
| Mace's Lane Middle School Cambridge | 490 | 87.8% | 15.9% |
| Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys Baltimore | 303 | 78.9% | 11.3% |
Matched among Maryland middle 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 Katherine Johnson Global Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #222 of 223 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #190 of 223 ▲ 3 | #3 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #221 of 223 ▲ 1 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #198 of 230 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #148 of 225 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #213 of 225 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #20 of 227 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #6 of 123 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
473
+114 (+32%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 1,294
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 473 | 30.5 | 15.5:1 | 90% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 94% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 93% (503) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 89% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 100% (646) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 99% (654) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 96% (655) |
| 2000-01 | 1,109 | 72 | 15.4:1 | 74% (822) |
| 1990-91 | 1,294 | 67 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Katherine Johnson Global Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (646 to 473); teachers down 20% (38 to 30.5).
About Katherine Johnson Global Academy
Katherine Johnson Global Academy is a small middle school with an address in Baltimore, Maryland. It reported 473 students in grades 3 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 764 students for middle schools in Maryland.
Baltimore City Public Schools, which runs Katherine Johnson Global Academy, has 152 schools and 76,946 students.
Black students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 3% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 59%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
The school has 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.5 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Maryland is 14.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 90% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Baltimore city report 74%.
Katherine Johnson Global Academy holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Maryland public middle schools.
A school with Katherine Johnson Global Academy's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 20.7%. Katherine Johnson Global Academy scores 11.1%, 9.6 points below that line.
The school is in Baltimore city, where the median household earns about $62,177 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Katherine Johnson Global Academy shares Baltimore city with 155 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Billie Holiday Elementary, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 24.6%; Katherine Johnson Global Academy's is 11.1%, ranking 7th of 7.
In the federal locale system, Katherine Johnson Global Academy is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 473, up from 359 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 17.9 in 2020-21 to 15.5 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Katherine Johnson Global Academy can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltimore City Public Schools
- Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical HighHigh · 1,714 students
- Baltimore Polytechnic InstituteHigh · 1,632 students
- Baltimore City CollegeHigh · 1,470 students
- KIPP Harmony AcademyElementary · 1,399 students
- Roland Park Elementary/MiddleElementary · 1,371 students
- Digital Harbor High SchoolHigh · 1,359 students
Other schools in Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Nearby schools
- Billie Holiday Elementary0.2 mi · 242
- Empowerment Academy0.2 mi · 344
- Rosemont Elementary/Middle0.3 mi · 294
- Carver Vocational-Technical High0.4 mi · 1,041
- Belmont Elementary0.6 mi · 177
- Matthew A. Henson Elementary0.7 mi · 199
Frequently asked questions
About Katherine Johnson Global AcademyHow many students attend Katherine Johnson Global Academy?
Katherine Johnson Global Academy enrolls approximately 473 students in grades 03-08.
What age range does Katherine Johnson Global Academy serve?
Katherine Johnson Global Academy serves students from grade 03 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Katherine Johnson Global Academy?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Katherine Johnson Global Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Katherine Johnson Global Academy?
At Katherine Johnson Global Academy, the student body is approximately 3% White, 8% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Katherine Johnson Global Academy public or private?
Katherine Johnson Global Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.