Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy

Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy is a tiny high school in Baltimore, Maryland, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools. The school works with 386 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 1,185 students each, so Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy sits 67% below that benchmark.

Within Baltimore City Public Schools, which oversees 152 schools and 76,946 students, Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%). Beyond that, the school reports 12% Hispanic, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Baltimore city (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 20.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Baltimore city put median household income runs about $62,177, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

Franklin Square Elementary/Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy. On composite proficiency, Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 17.2%.

Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 407 (now 386). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 2% to 12% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.