Enrollment
244
Elementary
DISTRICT 466 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240009000215
Wolfe Street Academy
245 S Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21231 · (410) 396-9140 · Baltimore city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Maryland public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
186 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
33%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
40.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.4pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 29.3% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Wolfe Street Academy
Wolfe Street Academy's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfe Street Academy this school | 244 | 76.2% | 32.2% |
| Hollywood Elementary College Park | 284 | 90.1% | 22.1% |
| Eastport Elementary Annapolis | 283 | 89.0% | 32.9% |
| Kemp Mill Elementary Silver Spring | 412 | 70.9% | 33.1% |
| Glassmanor Elementary Oxon Hill | 261 | 93.5% | 22.6% |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary Hyattsville | 355 | 65.1% | 31.5% |
Matched among Maryland elementary 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 Wolfe Street Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #601 of 853 | #28 of 104 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #582 of 853 ▼ 30 | #32 of 104 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #548 of 853 ▲ 134 | #23 of 104 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 244 | #818 of 898 | #86 of 109 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #53 of 857 | #3 of 98 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #699 of 857 | #42 of 98 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.2% | #212 of 885 | #65 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #221 of 294 | #36 of 45 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
244
-21 (-8%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 244 | 23 | 10.6:1 | 76% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 24 | 9.8:1 | 78% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 25 | 9.6:1 | 71% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | 22 | 12.1:1 | 51% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 16.5 | 14.2:1 | 100% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 99% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 184 | 16 | 11.5:1 | 96% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 176 | 16 | 11.0:1 | 92% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 269 | 16 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wolfe Street Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (235 to 244); teachers up 39% (16.5 to 23).
About Wolfe Street Academy
Wolfe Street Academy is a low-enrollment elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, one of the schools in Baltimore City Public Schools. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 244 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Maryland) has about 481 students.
District-wide, Baltimore City Public Schools has 152 schools and 76,946 students.
Most students at Wolfe Street Academy are Hispanic: 81% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 14% Black and 5% White. For comparison, the population of Baltimore city is roughly 8% Hispanic. Wolfe Street Academy has a diversity index of 33%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 10.6 students per teacher and 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, higher than at this school. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 74% average for public schools in Baltimore city.
The allk12 Grade for Wolfe Street Academy is C+. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Wolfe Street Academy is +3.1 points: 32.2% actual, 29.1% predicted.
Baltimore city has these Census figures: median household income is about $62,177, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Wolfe Street Academy is among the 156 public schools in Baltimore city.
The next-closest public school is City Springs Elementary/Middle, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 28.4% on proficiency, and Wolfe Street Academy is above that at 32.2%.
Locale data from NCES put Wolfe Street Academy inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large). Wolfe Street Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 265 to 244. Students per teacher fell from 12.1 in 2020-21 to 10.6 in 2024-25.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Wolfe Street AcademyHow many students attend Wolfe Street Academy?
Wolfe Street Academy enrolls approximately 244 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wolfe Street Academy serve?
Wolfe Street Academy serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Wolfe Street Academy?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Wolfe Street Academy.
How diverse is Wolfe Street Academy?
Wolfe Street Academy reports a student body of 5% White, 81% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Wolfe Street Academy?
Wolfe Street Academy is overseen by Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore city.
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