Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle

Set in Baltimore, Maryland, Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle is a tiny K-5 school, run under Baltimore City Public Schools. It educates 23 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 95% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle is one of 152 schools operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, a district that serves 76,946 students overall.

Demographically, Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Baltimore city as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 2.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) records that median household income runs about $62,177, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Baltimore city's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Harford Heights Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary/Middle's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 30 (now 23). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 13% to 0%.

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