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).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 2.2% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (403 to 394 students), and the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
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 largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Seed School of Maryland reports 100.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
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.