Baltimore City Public Schools

District-Level NCES Analysis

Baltimore City Public Schools operates 154 public schools serving 75,995 students, placing it among the larger districts in Maryland. The school portfolio breaks down into 109 other, 25 high, 16 elementary, 4 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 77,084 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23 release, and the district is geographically located in Baltimore city County.

Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,862 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 33.3% local, 51.4% state, and 15.3% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $103,340 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts. The district's equity score — 60/100, ranked #10 of 24 in Maryland against a state average of 52 — measures how evenly funding reaches schools within its boundaries.

Academic infrastructure includes 28 of 154 schools offering Advanced Placement (164 AP courses district-wide), a 595.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 62.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.1% African American, 16.5% Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% White across the district's schools.