Patapsco High and Center for Arts

Set in Baltimore, Maryland, Patapsco High and Center for Arts is a mid-tier four-year high school, part of Baltimore County Public Schools. It serves 1,385 students across grades 9 through 12.

Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Patapsco High and Center for Arts is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Patapsco High and Center for Arts shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 26% Black, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Patapsco High and Center for Arts has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Patapsco High and Center for Arts higher than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Patapsco High and Center for Arts performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 28.3%, a residual of -7.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Baltimore County shows median household earnings sit near $91,768, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Patapsco High and Center for Arts is one.

The closest other public school is Sandy Plains Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Patapsco High and Center for Arts at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Patapsco High and Center for Arts has fell 4%, going from 1,440 students in 2018 to 1,385 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 57% to 47%.

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