Seed School of Maryland operates 1 public schools serving 403 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Maryland. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 395 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Baltimore City County.
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.
The Seed School of Maryland accounts for 100.0% of all Seed School of Maryland student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Seed School of Maryland-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants 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 schools, including 1 other. 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 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.