Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle

Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle is one of the small elementary-level communitys in Baltimore, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools, with 376 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.

Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle is one of 152 schools operated by Baltimore City Public Schools, a district that enrolls 76,946 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle shows that Black students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder is composed of 26% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Baltimore city (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Baltimore city reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,177 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

The closest other public school is Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 23.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle has ticked down 7%, going from 404 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 7% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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