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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Mount Royal Elementary/Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
786
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000285
Mount Royal Elementary/Middle
121 McMechen Street, Baltimore, MD 21217 · (410) 396-0864 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL786 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
499 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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 157 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 149 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 72% smaller than its 8th grade class (159).
Student demographics
48%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
38.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 41.2% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Mount Royal Elementary/Middle
Mount Royal Elementary/Middle's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Royal Elementary/Middle this school | 786 | 63.5% | 35.5% |
| Hamilton Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 801 | 61.4% | 30.5% |
| Baltimore International Academy Baltimore | 749 | 70.5% | 21.9% |
| William B. Wade Elementary School Waldorf | 651 | 57.1% | 38.5% |
| New Town Elementary Owings Mills | 772 | 56.9% | 41.5% |
| Legends Public Charter School Lanham | 897 | 65.8% | 36.1% |
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 Mount Royal Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #533 of 853 | #21 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #584 of 853 ▼ 191 | #34 of 104 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #584 of 853 ▲ 35 | #26 of 104 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 786 | #43 of 898 | #13 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #757 of 857 | #76 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #543 of 857 | #22 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #353 of 885 | #84 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.2% | #130 of 294 | #31 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
786
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 687
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 786 | 47.5 | 16.6:1 | 63% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 780 | 44 | 17.7:1 | 64% (498) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 49 | 16.1:1 | 66% (519) |
| 2020-21 | 781 | 43 | 18.2:1 | 62% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 39.5 | 18.1:1 | 100% (713) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 45 | 16.5:1 | 96% (710) |
| 2010-11 | 836 | 46 | 18.2:1 | 87% (724) |
| 2000-01 | 912 | 43 | 21.2:1 | 80% (730) |
| 1990-91 | 687 | 31 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Royal Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (713 to 786); teachers up 20% (39.5 to 47.5).
About Mount Royal Elementary/Middle
Mount Royal Elementary/Middle is an elementary school located in Baltimore, Maryland, in Baltimore city. The school's 786 students are in pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
Baltimore City Public Schools enrolls 76,946 students, and its 152 schools include Mount Royal Elementary/Middle.
Mount Royal Elementary/Middle is 70% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 17% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 59% Black among all Baltimore city residents. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Mount Royal Elementary/Middle operates with 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 16.6:1 here. Mount Royal Elementary/Middle reports 63% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 74% average for public schools in Baltimore city.
The allk12 Grade for Mount Royal Elementary/Middle is C. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Mount Royal Elementary/Middle are 1.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (35.5% actual, 36.6% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures 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 about 15% of people live in poverty. Besides Mount Royal Elementary/Middle, Baltimore city has 155 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Mount Royal Elementary/Middle to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Midtown Academy. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Mount Royal Elementary/Middle is 1st on average proficiency.
Mount Royal Elementary/Middle falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (781) to 2024-25 (786). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 16.6:1, from 18.2:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
Related schools
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Nearby schools
- Midtown Academy0.1 mi · 184
- Booker T. Washington Middle0.4 mi · 192
- Renaissance Academy0.4 mi · 241
- Dorothy I. Height Elementary0.5 mi · 435
- Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School0.6 mi · 604
- Dallas F. Nicholas Sr. Elementary0.6 mi · 189
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Royal Elementary/MiddleHow large is Mount Royal Elementary/Middle?
Mount Royal Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 786 students in grades PK-08.
Is Mount Royal Elementary/Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Royal Elementary/Middle is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Royal Elementary/Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Royal Elementary/Middle is approximately 16.6:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mount Royal Elementary/Middle?
Student demographics at Mount Royal Elementary/Middle are roughly 17% White, 6% Hispanic, 70% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Mount Royal Elementary/Middle in?
Mount Royal Elementary/Middle is part of Baltimore City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.