Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle

Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle, an average-sized elementary-level community in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, caters to 717 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle is one of 152 schools operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, a district that hosts 76,946 students overall.

On demographics, Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Black, 14% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.9%; actual is 18.0%, a gap of -16.9 points.

Around the school, Baltimore city reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Baltimore city's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle is one campus in the mix.

Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 22.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle has showed little movement, going from 703 students in 2018 to 717 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 36% to 62%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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