Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle

Located at 820 E 43rd Street, in Baltimore, Maryland, Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle is a large elementary campus that teaches 834 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of Baltimore City Public Schools. That puts it 73% bigger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Baltimore City Public Schools runs 152 schools in total, collectively educating 76,946 students. Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle shows that nearly all students (93%) are Black. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Baltimore city runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Baltimore city shows median household earnings sit near $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

Lois T. Murray Elementary/Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 150%: 334 students in 2018 compared to 834 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.