Enrollment
313
Middle
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009001693
Vanguard Collegiate Middle
5000 Truesdale Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21206 · (443) 642-2069 · Baltimore city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Maryland public middle schools
- FTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
268 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 102 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 120 | 38% |
Student demographics
36%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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
12.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 13 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 up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.6% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 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
10.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% 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 Vanguard Collegiate Middle
Vanguard Collegiate Middle's state test result (10.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Collegiate Middle this school | 313 | 85.6% | 10.7% |
| Stadium School Baltimore | 259 | 86.1% | 12.9% |
| Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys Baltimore | 303 | 78.9% | 11.3% |
| Katherine Johnson Global Academy Baltimore | 473 | 90.5% | 11.1% |
| Lillie May Carroll Jackson School Baltimore | 209 | 82.8% | 15.5% |
| The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 513 | 92.6% | 13.9% |
Matched among Maryland middle 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 Vanguard Collegiate Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #223 of 223 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #200 of 223 ▼ 5 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #222 of 223 ▲ 1 | #7 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #218 of 230 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #100 of 225 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #195 of 225 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #24 of 227 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #8 of 123 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
313
-95 (-23%) vs 2020
+240% since 2010-11, when it was 92
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 313 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 86% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 22.5 | 14.0:1 | 85% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 85% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 79% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 24.5 | 16.5:1 | 100% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 99% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 92 | 8 | 11.5:1 | 97% (89) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vanguard Collegiate Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (405 to 313); teachers down 10% (24.5 to 22).
About Vanguard Collegiate Middle
Vanguard Collegiate Middle is a public middle school run by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore, Maryland. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 313 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Maryland is about 764, so this school runs 59% smaller than that.
Baltimore City Public Schools has 76,946 students in 152 schools, and Vanguard Collegiate Middle is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Vanguard Collegiate Middle, 79%, are Black. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% White. Baltimore city as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Vanguard Collegiate Middle comes in at 36%.
Teachers at the school number 22 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.2:1. Middle schools in Maryland average about 14.3:1, a similar figure. Roughly 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Baltimore city average 74%.
Measured against Maryland public middle schools, Vanguard Collegiate Middle receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Vanguard Collegiate Middle would score about 23.6%. It scores 10.7%, 12.9 points below that figure.
Baltimore city has these Census figures: median household income is about $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The public schools of Baltimore city number 156 and enroll about 77,341.
The nearest other public school, Furley Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Vanguard Collegiate Middle. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Vanguard Collegiate Middle is 9th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Vanguard Collegiate Middle had 408 students in 2020-21 and 313 in 2024-25, a 23% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.7:1 to 14.2:1.
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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 Vanguard Collegiate MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Vanguard Collegiate Middle?
Vanguard Collegiate Middle enrolls approximately 313 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Vanguard Collegiate Middle serve?
Vanguard Collegiate Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Vanguard Collegiate Middle?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Vanguard Collegiate Middle.
How diverse is Vanguard Collegiate Middle?
Vanguard Collegiate Middle reports a student body of 4% White, 9% Hispanic, 79% Black, 5% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Vanguard Collegiate Middle?
Vanguard Collegiate Middle is overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore city.
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