Enrollment
386
High
DISTRICT 692 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009001385
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy
100 N Calhoun Street, Baltimore, MD 21223 · (443) 984-2831 · Baltimore city
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
337 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 9 | 163 | 42% |
| Grade 10 | 102 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 49 | 13% |
Student demographics
28%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
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
35.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.8pp since 2023
Math
11.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy this school | 386 | 87.3% | 20.4% |
| Frederick Douglass High Baltimore | 539 | 86.5% | 18.4% |
| Reginald F. Lewis High Baltimore | 481 | 79.8% | 24.0% |
| ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School Baltimore | 523 | 88.7% | 12.7% |
| Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts Baltimore | 337 | 92.6% | 17.8% |
| 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 Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #182 of 203 | #12 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #92 of 206 ▲ 35 | #11 of 28 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #177 of 206 ▲ 18 | #10 of 28 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #199 of 234 | #26 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #130 of 210 | #24 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.4% | #181 of 211 | #13 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #20 of 212 | #8 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #43 of 76 | #7 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
386
-27 (-7%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 386 | 23 | 16.8:1 | 87% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 22 | 17.2:1 | 87% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 24.5 | 15.8:1 | 86% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 74% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 100% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 99% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 89% (448) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (407 to 386); teachers up 15% (20 to 23).
About Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy is classified as a high school. It is located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school serves 386 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Maryland average about 1,185 students.
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy falls under Baltimore City Public Schools, which has 152 schools enrolling 76,946 students.
The large majority of students at Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy, 84%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic and 2% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 59%. By the diversity index, Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy comes in at 28%.
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy counts 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.8 students for each one. Among high schools in Maryland, the typical ratio is 15.3:1. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Baltimore city, the school's rate is higher.
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Maryland public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy would score about 22.6%. It scores 20.4%, 2.2 points below that figure.
In Baltimore city (population about 573,243), median household income is about $62,177, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city, which together enroll about 77,341 students.
The closest public school, Franklin Square Elementary/Middle, is less than a tenth of a mile from Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The number of students dropped from 413 to 386 over 4 years.
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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 Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts AcademyHow large is Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy?
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy enrolls approximately 386 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy serve?
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy.
How diverse is Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy?
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy reports a student body of 2% White, 12% Hispanic, 84% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy public or private?
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.