Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou

As a tight-knit K-5 school in Baltimore, Maryland, Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou teaches 296 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Baltimore City Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 38% leaner than the state mean of about 481.

Baltimore City Public Schools runs 152 schools in total, collectively educating 76,946 students. Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (96%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, On paper, Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou qualify 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Baltimore city indicate 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%. Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

Empowerment Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 18.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mary Ann Winterling Elementary at Bentalou has increased 12%, going from 264 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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