Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000303
Robert W. Coleman Elementary
2400 Windsor Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 · (410) 396-0764 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% 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
13.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
184 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 | 23 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (29).
Student demographics
8%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
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
10.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
15.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.0% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 11.3% | 11.3% |
% 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
12.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Robert W. Coleman Elementary
Robert W. Coleman Elementary's state test result (12.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert W. Coleman Elementary this school | 201 | 91.5% | 12.0% |
| Belmont Elementary Baltimore | 177 | 90.4% | 20.8% |
| New Song Academy Baltimore | 182 | 87.4% | 12.5% |
| The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary Baltimore | 236 | 95.8% | 14.8% |
| Collington Square Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 230 | 89.6% | 16.2% |
| Gwynns Falls Elementary Baltimore | 201 | 84.6% | 23.6% |
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 Robert W. Coleman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #850 of 853 | #101 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #797 of 853 ▲ 17 | #79 of 104 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #852 of 853 ▼ 5 | #103 of 104 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #856 of 898 | #98 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #346 of 857 | #27 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.8% | #848 of 857 | #90 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #62 of 885 | #9 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.2% | #18 of 551 | #6 of 56 |
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
201
-33 (-14%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 201 | 15 | 13.4:1 | 92% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 17 | 13.4:1 | 94% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 245 | 17 | 14.4:1 | 94% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 87% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 18.5 | 18.2:1 | 100% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 17 | 21.0:1 | 100% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 96% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 91% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 24 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert W. Coleman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (336 to 201); teachers down 19% (18.5 to 15).
About Robert W. Coleman Elementary
Robert W. Coleman Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of Baltimore, Maryland. It enrolled 201 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
Baltimore City Public Schools has 76,946 students in 152 schools, and Robert W. Coleman Elementary is one of those schools.
Black students are the large majority at Robert W. Coleman Elementary, with 96% of enrollment. Among people living in Baltimore city, the Black share is about 59%. The chance that two students picked at random at Robert W. Coleman Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 8%.
The teaching staff at Robert W. Coleman Elementary is 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.4:1. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is about 13.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 92%. Public schools in Baltimore city average 74%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Robert W. Coleman Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Robert W. Coleman Elementary would be expected to post about 20.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 12.0%.
Baltimore city has about 573,243 residents, and median household income is about $62,177, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Baltimore city number 156 and enroll about 77,341.
The closest public school to Robert W. Coleman Elementary is Coppin Academy, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 24.5%, higher than Robert W. Coleman Elementary's 12.0%.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 234 in 2020-21 and 201 in 2024-25, a decrease of 33 students. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.7:1 to 13.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Robert W. Coleman ElementaryHow large is Robert W. Coleman Elementary?
Robert W. Coleman Elementary enrolls approximately 201 students in grades PK-05.
Is Robert W. Coleman Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Robert W. Coleman Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Robert W. Coleman Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Robert W. Coleman Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Robert W. Coleman Elementary?
At Robert W. Coleman Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Robert W. Coleman Elementary?
Robert W. Coleman Elementary is overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore city.
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