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Baltimore City Public Schools

Baltimore, Maryland · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

76,807
Students enrolled
151
Public schools
5,329
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.4:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 3,812
  • Kindergarten 5,525
  • Grade 1 5,645
  • Grade 2 5,854
  • Grade 3 5,871
  • Grade 4 5,673
  • Grade 5 5,694
  • Grade 6 5,641
  • Grade 7 5,441
  • Grade 8 5,646
  • Grade 9 6,981
  • Grade 10 5,797
  • Grade 11 4,875
  • Grade 12 4,352

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 70%
  • Hispanic/Latino 20%
  • White 7%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 56,497 of 76,807 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 74%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$24,053 spent per student on day-to-day operations Maryland median: $19,732 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $15,271
  • Support services $7,954
  • Other (food service, etc.) $828

Where the money comes from

  • Local 26%
  • State 55%
  • Federal 19%

Total revenue $2.3 billiontotal spending $2.0 billion

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Large

Total staff (FTE)

11,352

District office

200 East North Avenue, Baltimore MD 21202

County

Baltimore City

Official website

NCES District ID

2400090

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About Baltimore City Public Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Accelerating the academic achievement of all students, in partnership with the entire community to ensure that students have the attitudes, skills, and proficiencies needed to succeed in college.
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