Patterson High

Located at 100 Kane Street, in Baltimore, Maryland, Patterson High is an average-sized four-year high school that caters to 1,330 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Baltimore City Public Schools.

Patterson High is one of 152 schools operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, a district that teaches 76,946 students overall.

Demographically, Patterson High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 42% Black, 5% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Patterson High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 34.1%; this one comes in at 15.6%, -18.5 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) reports that median household income runs about $62,177, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Baltimore city's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), Patterson High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Claremont School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Patterson High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Patterson High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Patterson High has edged up 21%, going from 1,103 students in 2018 to 1,330 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 38% to 50%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.