Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000320
Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle
600 N Patterson Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205 · (410) 396-9247 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
15.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
318 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 | 25 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (47).
Student demographics
43%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
22.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
16.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.1% | 16.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 21.2% |
% 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle
Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle this school | 376 | 84.6% | 20.4% |
| Barclay Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 373 | 82.3% | 16.9% |
| Sandalwood Elementary Baltimore | 440 | 83.0% | 46.6% |
| Deep Creek Elementary Baltimore | 385 | 80.3% | 21.0% |
| Van Bokkelen Elementary Severn | 471 | 87.0% | 21.5% |
| Catherine T. Reed Elementary Lanham | 437 | 90.4% | 32.6% |
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 Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #785 of 853 | #67 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #786 of 853 ▼ 103 | #73 of 104 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #806 of 853 ▼ 43 | #76 of 104 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #636 of 898 | #61 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #630 of 857 | #63 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #602 of 857 | #27 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #145 of 885 | #39 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #414 of 551 | #48 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
376
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 806
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 376 | 24.5 | 15.3:1 | 85% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 24.5 | 15.0:1 | 85% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 86% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 84% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 21 | 19.2:1 | 100% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 97% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 93% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 36 | 16.5:1 | 93% (551) |
| 1990-91 | 806 | 41 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (404 to 376); teachers up 17% (21 to 24.5).
About Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle
Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle is a small elementary school found in Baltimore, Maryland. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 376 students. The school is 22% below the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
A total of 152 schools make up Baltimore City Public Schools, with 76,946 students enrolled.
Black students are 71% of those enrolled at Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% Hispanic. In Baltimore city overall, about 59% of residents are Black. The diversity index for Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle comes to 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1, 1.5 fewer students per teacher than here. Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle counts 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Baltimore city average 74%.
Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Maryland public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle, the prediction is 24.2% and the result is 20.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Baltimore city show that median household income comes to about $62,177, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Baltimore city counts 156 public schools with about 77,341 students.
The closest school to Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle is Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 371 in 2020-21, 376 in 2024-25.
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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 Tench Tilghman Elementary/MiddleHow large is Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle?
Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 376 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle serve?
Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle.
How diverse is Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle?
Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 26% Hispanic, 71% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle public or private?
Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.