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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at The Seed School of Maryland this year?
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Enrollment
395
High
STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEED SCHOOL OF MARYLAND·NCES 240002701669
The Seed School of Maryland
200 Font Hill Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21223 · (410) 843-9477 · Baltimore city
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Maryland public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
395 students
STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 90 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 44 | 11% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
20.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.2% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.7% | 10.0% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 The Seed School of Maryland
The Seed School of Maryland's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Seed School of Maryland this school | 395 | 100.0% | 17.0% |
| Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts Baltimore | 337 | 92.6% | 17.8% |
| Renaissance Academy Baltimore | 241 | 94.2% | 19.3% |
| ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School Baltimore | 523 | 88.7% | 12.7% |
| Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy Baltimore | 386 | 87.3% | 20.4% |
| Coppin Academy Baltimore | 450 | 83.8% | 24.6% |
Matched among Maryland high 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 The Seed School of Maryland ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #195 of 203 | #21 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #125 of 206 ▼ 15 | #14 of 28 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #201 of 206 ▼ 17 | #25 of 28 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #198 of 234 | #25 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #4 of 210 | #2 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.9% | #209 of 211 | #28 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 212 | #1 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #70 of 76 | #12 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
395
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+65% since 2010-11, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 395 | 35 | 11.3:1 | 100% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 40 | 9.8:1 | 100% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 40 | 10.1:1 | 100% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 40 | 10.1:1 | 58% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 44 | 9.1:1 | 100% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 39 | 10.4:1 | 52% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | 20 | 12.0:1 | 69% (166) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The Seed School of Maryland.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (400 to 395); teachers down 20% (44 to 35).
About The Seed School of Maryland
At 200 Font Hill Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, The Seed School of Maryland operates as a very small high school. The school runs grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 395 students. That compares with an average of about 1,185 students for high schools in Maryland.
The Seed School of Maryland reports to SEED School of Maryland.
A large majority of enrollment at The Seed School of Maryland is Black, at 96%. After that, the student body is 2% Hispanic. Among all residents of Baltimore city, the Black share is about 59%. The diversity index for The Seed School of Maryland is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at The Seed School of Maryland totals 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. Statewide, high schools in Maryland average 15.3:1. Federal data show 100% of students (395) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Baltimore city average 74%.
Among Maryland public high schools, The Seed School of Maryland outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
In Maryland, The Seed School of Maryland is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 17.0% actual against a predicted 15.1%.
Looking at the county, Baltimore city, median household income comes to about $62,177, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county has 156 public schools and about 77,341 students.
The Seed School of Maryland is about 0.4 miles from Frederick Elementary, its nearest public school. The Seed School of Maryland has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 19.9% on proficiency, and The Seed School of Maryland is below that at 17.0%.
Under the NCES locale system, The Seed School of Maryland is City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 395, starting from 403. The school's ratio increased from 10.1:1 to 11.3:1 between 2020-21 and 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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About The Seed School of MarylandWhat is the total enrollment at The Seed School of Maryland?
The Seed School of Maryland enrolls approximately 395 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does The Seed School of Maryland serve?
The Seed School of Maryland serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at The Seed School of Maryland?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at The Seed School of Maryland.
What is the student diversity at The Seed School of Maryland?
Student demographics at The Seed School of Maryland are roughly 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 96% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is The Seed School of Maryland public or private?
The Seed School of Maryland is a public K-12 school, overseen by SEED School of Maryland.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.