Enrollment
209
Middle
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009001734
Lillie May Carroll Jackson School
2200 Sinclair Lane, Baltimore, MD 21213 · (443) 320-9499 · Baltimore city
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Maryland public middle schools
- DTest 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
14.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
173 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 5 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 27% |
Student demographics
8%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
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
16.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.8% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.8% | 11.3% |
% 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
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Lillie May Carroll Jackson School
Lillie May Carroll Jackson School's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillie May Carroll Jackson School this school | 209 | 82.8% | 15.5% |
| Stadium School Baltimore | 259 | 86.1% | 12.9% |
| Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys Baltimore | 303 | 78.9% | 11.3% |
| Booker T. Washington Middle Baltimore | 192 | 95.3% | 15.3% |
| Vanguard Collegiate Middle Baltimore | 313 | 85.6% | 10.7% |
| The Crossroads School Baltimore | 162 | 74.7% | 28.8% |
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 Lillie May Carroll Jackson School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #213 of 223 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #201 of 223 ▼ 23 | #7 of 8 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #219 of 223 ▼ 11 | #4 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #225 of 230 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #127 of 225 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.4% | #224 of 225 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #26 of 227 | #6 of 8 |
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
209
-100 (-32%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 209 | 14 | 14.9:1 | 83% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 204 | 17 | 12.0:1 | 78% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 221 | 15 | 14.7:1 | 74% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 18 | 17.2:1 | 72% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 197 | 11 | 17.9:1 | 100% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 83 | 3 | 27.7:1 | 78% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lillie May Carroll Jackson School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (197 to 209); teachers up 27% (11 to 14).
About Lillie May Carroll Jackson School
Lillie May Carroll Jackson School is a public small middle-grades school in Baltimore, Maryland. The grade span is 5 through 8, and enrollment is 209 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Maryland is about 764, so this school runs 73% smaller than that.
Lillie May Carroll Jackson School is one school in Baltimore City Public Schools, a system of 152 schools with 76,946 students.
Black students make up 96% of enrollment at Lillie May Carroll Jackson School. Census estimates put the Black share of Baltimore city's population at about 59%. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 14.9:1 comes from the school's 14 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 83% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Baltimore city, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Lillie May Carroll Jackson School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of Maryland public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lillie May Carroll Jackson School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.5%; the prediction is 25.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Baltimore city show that the median household income is $62,177, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Lillie May Carroll Jackson School is one of 156 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Lillie May Carroll Jackson School is The Reach! Partnership School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lillie May Carroll Jackson School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Lillie May Carroll Jackson School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Lillie May Carroll Jackson School as a charter school.
The school enrolled 209 students in 2024-25, 100 fewer than the 309 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.9:1) than in 2020-21 (17.2:1).
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Lillie May Carroll Jackson SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lillie May Carroll Jackson School?
Lillie May Carroll Jackson School enrolls approximately 209 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Lillie May Carroll Jackson School serve?
Lillie May Carroll Jackson School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Lillie May Carroll Jackson School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Lillie May Carroll Jackson School.
How diverse is Lillie May Carroll Jackson School?
Lillie May Carroll Jackson School reports a student body of 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Lillie May Carroll Jackson School?
Lillie May Carroll Jackson School is overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore city.
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