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If you could change one rule at Leith Walk Elementary/Middle, what would it be?
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Enrollment
910
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000268
Leith Walk Elementary/Middle
5915 Glennor Road, Baltimore, MD 21239 · (410) 396-6380 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL910 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
730 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 | 50 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (119).
Student demographics
16%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
37.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
19.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 19.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 15.5% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Leith Walk Elementary/Middle
Leith Walk Elementary/Middle's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leith Walk Elementary/Middle this school | 910 | 80.2% | 25.9% |
| The Belair-Edison School Baltimore | 911 | 87.2% | 22.2% |
| Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 834 | 86.9% | 18.7% |
| Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 799 | 77.8% | 25.4% |
| Wildwood Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 743 | 85.9% | 19.5% |
| Moravia Park Elementary Baltimore | 655 | 82.9% | 35.6% |
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 Leith Walk Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #703 of 853 | #44 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #751 of 853 ▲ 28 | #61 of 104 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #606 of 853 ▲ 26 | #30 of 104 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 910 | #17 of 898 | #7 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #458 of 857 | #44 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.9% | #817 of 857 | #74 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #185 of 885 | #58 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #125 of 551 | #25 of 56 |
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
910
-108 (-11%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 910 | 64.5 | 14.1:1 | 80% (730) |
| 2023-24 | 962 | 54.5 | 17.6:1 | 77% (744) |
| 2022-23 | 967 | 51 | 19.0:1 | 76% (731) |
| 2020-21 | 1,018 | 52 | 19.6:1 | 69% (703) |
| 2017-18 | 1,166 | 60.5 | 19.3:1 | 100% (1,166) |
| 2015-16 | 1,360 | 64 | 21.3:1 | 72% (974) |
| 2010-11 | 920 | 52 | 17.7:1 | 78% (718) |
| 2000-01 | 1,023 | 49 | 20.9:1 | 61% (621) |
| 1990-91 | 579 | 27 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leith Walk Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (1,166 to 910); teachers up 7% (60.5 to 64.5).
About Leith Walk Elementary/Middle
Leith Walk Elementary/Middle is a large elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, under Baltimore City Public Schools. Students in pre-K through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 910 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students.
Baltimore City Public Schools has 152 schools and 76,946 students, and Leith Walk Elementary/Middle is one of those schools.
About 92% of the student body at Leith Walk Elementary/Middle is Black. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 59% Black among all Baltimore city residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Leith Walk Elementary/Middle counts 64.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.1 students for each one. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. About 80% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Leith Walk Elementary/Middle would be expected to post about 26.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.9%.
In the county around the school, Baltimore city, the median household income is $62,177, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Baltimore city is home to 156 public schools and about 77,341 public school students.
Nearby, Yorkwood Elementary is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Leith Walk Elementary/Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.1%; Leith Walk Elementary/Middle's is 25.9%, ranking 6th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 910, an 11% decrease from 1,018 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.6:1 in 2020-21, and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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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- Yorkwood Elementary0.5 mi · 294
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Frequently asked questions
About Leith Walk Elementary/MiddleHow many students attend Leith Walk Elementary/Middle?
Leith Walk Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 910 students in grades PK-08.
Is Leith Walk Elementary/Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leith Walk Elementary/Middle is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Leith Walk Elementary/Middle have?
Leith Walk Elementary/Middle employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Leith Walk Elementary/Middle?
Student demographics at Leith Walk Elementary/Middle are roughly 1% White, 5% Hispanic, 92% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Leith Walk Elementary/Middle in?
Leith Walk Elementary/Middle is part of Baltimore City Public Schools.
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