Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle

As a cozy elementary campus in Baltimore, Maryland, Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle works with 235 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Baltimore City Public Schools. That puts it 51% smaller than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Baltimore City Public Schools runs 152 schools in total, collectively educating 76,946 students. Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle reports that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 35% Hispanic, 15% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Baltimore city (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.7%, the actual is 30.5%, a residual of -8.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Baltimore city shows the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

The closest other public school is Barclay Elementary/Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 22.2%.

Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 342 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 61% to 43% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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