The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary

The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Baltimore, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools, hosts 236 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 51% below the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Within Baltimore City Public Schools, which oversees 152 schools and 76,946 students, The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary logs that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Baltimore city (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) logs that median household income runs about $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

The closest other public school is Joseph C. Briscoe Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 34%: 357 students in 2018 compared to 236 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.