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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 44% larger than its 8th grade class (41).
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What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.7% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.5% | 10.1% |
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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%.
Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy's state test result (14.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy this school | 410 | 95.1% | 14.3% |
| Harlem Park Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 402 | 93.5% | 17.5% |
| Furman Templeton Preparatory Academy Baltimore | 433 | 92.8% | 20.6% |
| Kettering Elementary Upper Marlboro | 415 | 92.0% | 27.5% |
| Samuel P. Massie Academy Forestville | 477 | 93.5% | 17.3% |
| Park Heights Academy Baltimore | 390 | 90.0% | 18.4% |
| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #841 of 853 | #95 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #848 of 853 ▼ 14 | #102 of 104 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #816 of 853 ▼ 11 | #81 of 104 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #579 of 898 | #57 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #394 of 857 | #36 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.4% | #857 of 857 | #98 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #9 of 885 | #2 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +55.9% | #11 of 294 | #7 of 45 |
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 410 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 95% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 94% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 90% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 85% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 15.5 | 17.0:1 | 100% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 15 | 16.5:1 | 100% (247) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 94% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 99% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 24 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 56% (263 to 410); teachers up 94% (15.5 to 30).
Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 410 students.
The district, Baltimore City Public Schools, has 76,946 students enrolled across 152 schools.
At Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy, 98% of students are Black. Census figures show Baltimore city is about 59% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 3%.
Its staff includes 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.7 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 95%. The average for public schools in Baltimore city is 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy lands at D, ahead of 6% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy is 3.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (14.3% versus 17.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
In Baltimore city, home to about 573,243 people, median household income comes to about $62,177, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 156 public schools in the county, enrolling about 77,341, Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy among them.
The closest school to Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy is New Song Academy, located about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Sandtown-Winchester Achievement Academy is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 410, compared with 400 in 2020-21.
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