North Bend Elementary/Middle

North Bend Elementary/Middle is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, with 482 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 152 schools in Baltimore City Public Schools (76,946 students total), North Bend Elementary/Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, North Bend Elementary/Middle logs that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% White. By comparison, Baltimore city as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting North Bend Elementary/Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at North Bend Elementary/Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Bend Elementary/Middle is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 28.6%; this one delivers 45.5%, a residual of +17.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Baltimore city shows median household earnings sit near $62,177, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. North Bend Elementary/Middle is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

Beechfield Elementary/Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Bend Elementary/Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Bend Elementary/Middle at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 29.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Bend Elementary/Middle has changed only slightly, going from 479 students in 2018 to 482 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 94% to 85% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the North Bend Elementary/Middle community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.