Southwest Baltimore Charter School

Southwest Baltimore Charter School operates as a cozy elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the schools within Baltimore City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 363 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 25% smaller than typical.

Baltimore City Public Schools comprises 152 schools with combined enrollment of 76,946 students; Southwest Baltimore Charter School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southwest Baltimore Charter School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Southwest Baltimore Charter School lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Southwest Baltimore Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.1%, the actual is 19.7%, a residual of -6.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Baltimore city reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Southwest Baltimore Charter School is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

Nearest neighbor: Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Southwest Baltimore Charter School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 19.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site. Southwest Baltimore Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 398 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 87% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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