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Enrollment
1,070
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000264
Lakeland Elementary/Middle
2921 Stranden Road, Baltimore, MD 21230 · (410) 396-1406 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,070 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
670 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 80 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (113).
Student demographics
38%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
50.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
34.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.1% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 32.8% |
% 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Lakeland Elementary/Middle
Lakeland Elementary/Middle's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Elementary/Middle this school | 1,070 | 62.6% | 39.0% |
| Graceland Park/O'Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 831 | 62.3% | 24.4% |
| Highlandtown Elementary/Middle #237 Baltimore | 899 | 66.1% | 12.7% |
| John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 1,061 | 57.5% | 15.3% |
| South Lake Elementary Gaithersburg | 746 | 66.1% | 24.8% |
| Arcola Elementary Silver Spring | 747 | 57.4% | 28.6% |
Matched among Maryland elementary 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 Lakeland Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #482 of 853 | #16 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #524 of 853 ▼ 15 | #26 of 104 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #421 of 853 ▲ 101 | #13 of 104 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,070 | #10 of 898 | #3 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #299 of 857 | #22 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #645 of 857 | #34 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #359 of 885 | #85 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.7% | #54 of 294 | #21 of 45 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
1,070
+86 (+9%) vs 2020
+87% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 1,070 | 82 | 13.1:1 | 63% (670) |
| 2023-24 | 1,052 | 81 | 13.0:1 | 62% (656) |
| 2022-23 | 997 | 74 | 13.5:1 | 57% (567) |
| 2020-21 | 984 | 67 | 14.7:1 | 47% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 52.5 | 16.2:1 | 100% (851) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 86% (710) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 92% (553) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 33 | 18.9:1 | 80% (497) |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 31 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeland Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (851 to 1,070); teachers up 56% (52.5 to 82).
About Lakeland Elementary/Middle
Lakeland Elementary/Middle is a public elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 1,070 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 122% above the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Baltimore City Public Schools is the district for Lakeland Elementary/Middle. It has 152 schools and 76,946 students.
More than half of the students at Lakeland Elementary/Middle are Hispanic (76%). Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Black and 4% White. In Baltimore city overall, about 8% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 38%.
The school's 82 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. Elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 63% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 74% average for public schools in Baltimore city.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Lakeland Elementary/Middle outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Lakeland Elementary/Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.0%) and its predicted rate (37.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
For Baltimore city, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $62,177, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 156 public schools in the county, enrolling about 77,341, Lakeland Elementary/Middle among them.
The closest school to Lakeland Elementary/Middle is Lansdowne Middle, located about 0.5 miles away. Lakeland Elementary/Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Lakeland Elementary/Middle's average proficiency of 39.0% compares with 18.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Lakeland Elementary/Middle as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 984 to 1,070, a 9% rise. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.7:1 to 13.1:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Lakeland Elementary/Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Lakeland Elementary/MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Lakeland Elementary/Middle?
Lakeland Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 1,070 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Lakeland Elementary/Middle serve?
Lakeland Elementary/Middle serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lakeland Elementary/Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lakeland Elementary/Middle is approximately 13.1:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lakeland Elementary/Middle?
At Lakeland Elementary/Middle, the student body is approximately 4% White, 76% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Lakeland Elementary/Middle public or private?
Lakeland Elementary/Middle 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.