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What advice would you give to incoming students at Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle?
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Enrollment
717
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009001363
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle
300 Pontiac Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21225 · (410) 396-1404 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL717 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Maryland public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
476 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 | 34 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (80).
Student demographics
56%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
24.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +14.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.2% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 11.5% | 11.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle this school | 717 | 66.4% | 18.0% |
| Wheaton Woods Elementary Rockville | 556 | 64.7% | 40.2% |
| South Lake Elementary Gaithersburg | 746 | 66.1% | 24.8% |
| Arcola Elementary Silver Spring | 747 | 57.4% | 28.6% |
| Glen Haven Elementary Silver Spring | 540 | 64.4% | 34.5% |
| Harriet R. Tubman Elementary Gaithersburg | 571 | 61.6% | 27.9% |
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 Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #812 of 853 | #77 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #653 of 853 ▲ 168 | #45 of 104 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #782 of 853 ▲ 63 | #68 of 104 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 717 | #86 of 898 | #22 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #486 of 857 | #48 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #440 of 857 | #17 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #319 of 885 | #81 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #256 of 294 | #40 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
717
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 717 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 66% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 66% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 62% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 706 | 46 | 15.3:1 | 55% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 44 | 16.0:1 | 100% (703) |
| 2015-16 | 730 | 43 | 17.0:1 | 84% (611) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 91% (549) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 78% (364) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 24 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (703 to 717); teachers up 14% (44 to 50).
About Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle is an elementary school with a street address in Baltimore, Maryland. Grades offered run from pre-K through 8, with 717 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students.
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle is part of a district of 152 schools: Baltimore City Public Schools, with 76,946 students.
At 62%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle combined. The school is also 19% Black, 14% White, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 8%. Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle operates with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Maryland average about 13.8:1, a similar figure. Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle reports 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle an F. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Maryland schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle scores 16.9 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 18.0%; the prediction is 34.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Baltimore city, median household income is about $62,177, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 156 public schools operate in Baltimore city, serving about 77,341 students.
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove is the public school closest to Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle, about 0.8 miles away. Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 22.0%, higher than Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle's 18.0%.
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 717, starting from 706. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.3:1 in 2020-21, and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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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Nearby schools
- Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove0.8 mi · 786
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- Park Elementary1.0 mi · 538
- Curtis Bay Elementary1.1 mi · 470
- Brooklyn Park Elementary1.2 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/MiddleHow many students attend Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle?
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 717 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle serve?
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle is approximately 14.3:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle?
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle reports a student body of 14% White, 62% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle in?
Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle is part of Baltimore City Public Schools.
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