Renaissance Academy

Renaissance Academy, a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the schools within Baltimore City Public Schools, enrolls 241 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,185 students per school, that is 80% below typical.

Renaissance Academy is one of 152 schools operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, a district that enrolls 76,946 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Renaissance Academy logs that nearly all students (93%) are Black. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Baltimore city as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at Renaissance Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Renaissance Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.5%; this one delivers 19.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) shows that median household income runs about $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which Renaissance Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Booker T. Washington Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. 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), Renaissance Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 246 students in 2018 compared to 241 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 98% to 93% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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