William Paca Elementary

William Paca Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community in Baltimore, Maryland, part of Baltimore City Public Schools. The school enrolls 414 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Baltimore City Public Schools, which oversees 152 schools and 76,946 students, William Paca Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, William Paca Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 28% Black. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Baltimore city's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, William Paca Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.6%; actual is 21.4%, a gap of -17.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Baltimore city shows median household income runs about $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Baltimore city runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students), of which William Paca Elementary is one.

Patterson Park Public Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 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 William Paca Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 26.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 414 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 63% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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