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Baltimore, Maryland - 1 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Seed School of Maryland operates 1 public schools serving 403 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Maryland. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Baltimore City.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 197.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 37.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.9% African American, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is The Seed School of Maryland, enrolling 395 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
The Seed School of Maryland accounts for 98.0% of all Seed School of Maryland student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Seed School of Maryland a distant remainder — means Seed School of Maryland-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Seed School of Maryland has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Seed School of Maryland student-counselor ratio is 198:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Seed School of Maryland chronic absenteeism rate is 37.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Seed School of Maryland has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 403 students.
What is the demographic composition of Seed School of Maryland?
Seed School of Maryland students are 95.9% African American, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.