National Academy Foundation

National Academy Foundation, a cozy 9-12 campus in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, teaches 801 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 32% below the state mean of about 1,185.

Within Baltimore City Public Schools, which oversees 152 schools and 76,946 students, National Academy Foundation is one campus in the system.

On demographics, National Academy Foundation logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Beyond that, the school reports 39% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting National Academy Foundation tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Baltimore city (around 74%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, National Academy Foundation is in the bottom 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.3%; National Academy Foundation posts 10.2%, -26.2 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Baltimore city indicate median household income runs about $62,177, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. National Academy Foundation is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

Nearest neighbor: Paul Laurence Dunbar High, around 0.1 miles off. 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), National Academy Foundation ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 22.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. National Academy Foundation's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 823 (now 801). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 76% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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