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Baltimore City Public Schools

NCES agency ID 2400090 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

76,807

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

150

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

14.4:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$22,977

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$14,892

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

PK–12

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
76,419
Teachers (FTE)
4,837.1
Student–teacher ratio
15.8:1

What current records say about Baltimore City Public Schools

Baltimore City Public Schools operates 150 current public-school records serving grades PK–12 in Baltimore, Maryland. NCES reports 76,807 students and 5,328.6 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within Maryland agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 5 of 24 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $22,977 in current expenditure per pupil and $14,892 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 2 of 24 in Maryland. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
10.9%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
14%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
5,328.6
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$1,746,128,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

Baltimore City Public Schools

Baltimore, Maryland

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 39.3120, -76.6132

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White7%
  • Hispanic20.1%
  • Black69.6%
  • Asian1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
  • Multiracial2%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in Baltimore City Public Schools

150 current directory entries

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Showing 1–24 of 150 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Abbottston ElementaryElementaryPK–0533013.5:1
Academy for College and Career ExplorationHigh06–1296714.4:1
Achievement Academy at Harbor City HighHigh09–1231417.9:1
Arlington ElementaryElementaryPK–0552916.3:1
Armistead Gardens Elementary/MiddleElementaryPK–0877312.1:1
Arundel ElementaryElementaryPK–0243413.2:1
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual ArtsHigh09–1233713.5:1
Baltimore City CollegeHigh09–121,47018.6:1
Baltimore Collegiate School for BoysCharterMiddle04–0830315.2:1
Baltimore Design SchoolHigh06–1250313.1:1
Baltimore International AcademyCharterElementaryKG–0874914.7:1
Baltimore International Academy WestCharterElementaryKG–0823913.3:1
Baltimore Leadership School for Young WomenCharterHigh06–1246611.7:1
Baltimore Montessori Public Charter SchoolCharterElementaryPK–0860419.5:1
Baltimore Polytechnic InstituteHigh09–121,63219.2:1
Baltimore Revolutionary Academy for Virtual Ed.High06–12515Not reported
Baltimore School for the ArtsHigh09–1244315.8:1
Barclay Elementary/MiddleElementaryPK–0837313.6:1
Bard High School Early CollegeHigh09–1245915:1
Bay-Brook Elementary/MiddleElementaryPK–0870618.1:1
Beechfield Elementary/MiddleElementaryPK–0851017:1
Belmont ElementaryElementaryPK–0517715.4:1
Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville CoveHigh09–1278615.1:1
Billie Holiday ElementaryElementaryPK–0224211:1