Enrollment
182
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000884
New Song Academy
1530 Presstman Street, Baltimore, MD 21217 · (410) 728-2091 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Maryland public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
159 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 13 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 12% larger than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
0%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
14.5%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.5% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.5% | 10.0% |
% 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
12.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 New Song Academy
New Song Academy's state test result (12.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Song Academy this school | 182 | 87.4% | 12.5% |
| Belmont Elementary Baltimore | 177 | 90.4% | 20.8% |
| Gwynns Falls Elementary Baltimore | 201 | 84.6% | 23.6% |
| Robert W. Coleman Elementary Baltimore | 201 | 91.5% | 12.0% |
| Matthew A. Henson Elementary Baltimore | 199 | 85.9% | 30.4% |
| Callaway Elementary Baltimore | 231 | 85.3% | 31.9% |
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 New Song Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #849 of 853 | #100 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #849 of 853 ▼ 6 | #103 of 104 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #843 of 853 ▼ 22 | #96 of 104 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 182 | #869 of 898 | #102 of 109 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #118 of 885 | #22 of 106 |
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
182
+8 (+5%) vs 2020
+70% since 2000-01, when it was 107
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 182 | 13 | 14.0:1 | 87% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 184 | 14.5 | 12.7:1 | 84% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 175 | 12 | 14.6:1 | 85% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 174 | 14 | 12.4:1 | 79% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 162 | 11 | 14.7:1 | 100% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 157 | 13 | 12.1:1 | 100% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 140 | 10 | 14.0:1 | 95% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 107 | N/A | N/A | 87% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Song Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (162 to 182); teachers up 18% (11 to 13).
About New Song Academy
New Song Academy is a small elementary school for students in Baltimore, Maryland. The school reports 182 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students.
New Song Academy is part of Baltimore City Public Schools, where 152 schools serve 76,946 students.
About 100% of the student body at New Song Academy is Black. In Baltimore city overall, about 59% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 0% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 13 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.0:1. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at New Song Academy is 87%. The rate at public schools in Baltimore city averages 74%, lower than here.
allk12 grades New Song Academy an F. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, New Song Academy is 10.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
Census estimates describe Baltimore city this way: 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 New Song Academy, Baltimore city has 155 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy, about 0.1 miles away. New Song Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts New Song Academy at 8th of 8.
For locale, NCES codes New Song Academy as City: Large. New Song Academy is one of the charter schools in Maryland.
Enrollment is up 5% from 2020-21, when New Song Academy had 174 students, to 2024-25, when it had 182. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 12.4:1 to 14.0:1.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About New Song AcademyHow many students attend New Song Academy?
New Song Academy enrolls approximately 182 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does New Song Academy serve?
New Song Academy serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at New Song Academy?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at New Song Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Song Academy?
At New Song Academy, the student body is approximately 100% Black.
Is New Song Academy public or private?
New Song Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.