The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle

The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle operates as a compact middle-grades school in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 513 students spanning grades 3 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 764.

Across the 152 schools in Baltimore City Public Schools (76,946 students total), The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle lists that nearly all students (89%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.4%, the actual is 13.9%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) shows that median household earnings sit near $62,177, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle is one.

Arundel Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 22.2%.

The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle has expanded 12%, going from 457 students in 2018 to 513 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 94% to 89%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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