The Belair-Edison School

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The Belair-Edison School is an elementary public charter school in Baltimore, Maryland, serving 1,013 students in grades PK-8. The school is part of the Baltimore City Public Schools district, which is ranked 24th out of 25 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The student population is predominantly African American, comprising 93.68% of the student body.

The Belair-Edison School consistently ranks among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Maryland, with a statewide ranking between 747 and 850 out of 862 schools over the past several years. Its performance on MCAP (Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program) tests is significantly below the state and Baltimore City Public Schools averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 5.9% of students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 10.2% for Baltimore City and 24.1% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low for specific student subgroups, such as African American students, low socioeconomic status students, and male students.

Interestingly, the Belair-Edison School's performance is consistently lower than that of nearby schools, such as Sinclair Lane Elementary, Furley Elementary, and Fort Worthington Elementary/Middle, which also serve predominantly low-income and minority student populations but demonstrate higher academic achievement on MCAP tests. The Belair-Edison School's consistently low performance across multiple student subgroups highlights the need for targeted interventions and support to address the specific challenges faced by the school's student population.


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Public, Charter PK, KG-8

 3536 Brehms Lane
       Baltimore, MD  21213-1853


(410) 396-9150

District: Baltimore City Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
812th of 859 Maryland Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $25,538 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  15.1 Help
Number of students:  1,013

Racial breakdown:

African American:
93.7%
Two or more races:
2.5%
Hispanic:
2.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  86.8% Help


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Compare Details The Belair-Edison School ranks worse than 94.5% of elementary schools in Maryland. It also ranks 74th among 101 ranked elementary schools in the Baltimore City Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.46. (See more...)
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Compare Details The Belair-Edison School ranks worse than 83.2% of middle schools in Maryland. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.42. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (93.7%), two or more races (2.5%), Hispanic (2.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 86.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at The Belair-Edison School is 15.1. 54 elementary schools in the Baltimore City Public Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare The Belair-Edison School employs 67 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at The Belair-Edison School is $25,538, which is the 22nd highest among 101 elementary schools in the Baltimore City Public Schools District.
Schooldigger Rankings:

The Belair-Edison School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks The Belair-Edison School 273rd of 328 Maryland public middle schools. (See The Belair-Edison School in the ranking list.)

Baltimore City Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Baltimore City Public Schools 24th of 25 Maryland school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for The Belair-Edison School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at The Belair-Edison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 78.72 156th 803 80.6%
2005 82.21 113th 805 86.0%
2006 85.32 69th 804 91.4%
2007 84.16 78th 818 90.5%
2008 13.57 787th 838 6.1%
2009 22.51 738th 850 13.2%
2010 17.38 778th 855 9.0%
2011 13.94 774th 853 9.3%
2012 6.17 812th 857 5.3%
2013 2.95 831st 847 1.9%
2014 2.90 842nd 867 2.9%
2015 11.81 813th 859 5.4%
2016 12.78 767th 845 9.2%
2017 6.59 835th 847 1.4%
2018 6.43 835th 857 2.6%
2019 5.30 850th 853 0.4%
2021 9.98 789th 802 1.6%
2022 16.37 747th 862 13.3%
2023 12.46 776th 855 9.2%
2024 10.46 812th 859 5.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at The Belair-Edison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 19.24 530th 546 2.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at The Belair-Edison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 11.32 767th 796 3.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at The Belair-Edison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 12.25 757th 788 3.9%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at The Belair-Edison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 14.70 491st 504 2.6%
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Data source: test scores: Maryland State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for The Belair-Edison School

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Rank History for all middle school students at The Belair-Edison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 18.58 287th 333 13.8%
2023 13.62 285th 322 11.5%
2024 16.42 273rd 328 16.8%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at The Belair-Edison School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 14.70 265th 303 12.5%
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Data source: test scores: Maryland State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for The Belair-Edison School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 295 203 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 503
1990 297 276 6 1 0 n/a n/a -4 576
1991 265 353 6 2 0 n/a n/a 0 626
1992 192 343 7 1 0 n/a n/a 0 543
1993 165 352 4 2 0 n/a n/a 0 523
1994 127 423 5 1 1 n/a n/a 0 557
1995 88 665 6 0 1 n/a n/a 0 760
1996 88 665 6 0 1 n/a n/a 0 760
1997 67 772 4 0 3 n/a n/a 0 846
1998 63 819 4 0 2 n/a n/a 0 888
1999 40 811 6 0 4 n/a n/a 0 861
2000 33 827 6 0 3 n/a n/a 0 869
2001 24 796 3 3 3 n/a n/a 0 829
2002 18 849 3 1 2 n/a n/a 0 873
2003 18 849 3 1 2 n/a n/a 0 873
2004 19 692 1 1 2 n/a n/a 0 715
2005 17 630 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 650
2006 14 604 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 621
2007 10 581 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 592
2008 6 645 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 653
2009 6 694 1 3 0 n/a n/a 0 704
2010 4 690 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 697
2011 7 742 0 16 1 1 0 0 767
2012 4 744 1 26 0 1 0 0 776
2013 4 736 1 35 0 3 1 0 780
2014 3 725 0 32 0 2 1 0 763
2015 2 670 0 26 0 2 0 0 700
2016 3 666 0 24 0 2 1 0 696
2017 5 652 0 20 0 0 3 0 680
2018 4 657 0 12 1 0 6 0 680
2019 4 677 0 10 3 0 7 0 701
2020 10 795 0 12 3 0 11 0 831
2021 12 881 0 12 2 0 20 0 927
2022 14 979 1 19 3 1 23 0 1040
2023 11 949 1 23 3 1 25 0 1013

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at The Belair-Edison School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 503 21.2 23.7 n/a
1990 576 23.3 24.7 31.1
1991 626 26.7 23.4 36.9
1992 543 26.6 20.4 52.1
1993 523 26.5 19.7 54.1
1994 557 25.0 22.3 53.1
1995 760 33.0 23.0 55.3
1996 760 33.0 23.0 55.3
1997 846 35.1 24.1 50.6
1998 888 31.5 28.2 58.9
1999 861 31.5 27.3 57.1
2000 869 36.0 24.1 69.2
2001 829 44.6 18.6 66.6
2002 873 47.0 18.6 68.5
2003 873 47.0 18.6 68.5
2004 715 49.0 14.6 81
2005 650 42.0 15.5 88.5
2006 621 46.0 13.5 90.5
2007 592 43.5 13.6 86.7
2008 653 39.0 16.7 86.7
2009 704 49.0 14.4 82.2
2010 697 44.5 15.6 93.3
2011 767 45.0 17.0 92.2
2012 776 41.0 18.9 91.8
2013 780 44.0 17.7 95.3
2014 763 45.0 16.9 95.4
2015 700 41.0 17.0 95.9
2016 696 36.0 19.3 100
2017 680 36.0 18.8 100
2018 680 33.5 20.2 100
2019 701 37.0 18.9 100
2020 831 38.0 21.8 66.4
2021 927 51.5 18.0 78.9
2022 1040 65.0 16.0 80.8
2023 1013 67.0 15.1 86.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio The Belair-Edison School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 503 21.2 23.7 n/a
1990 576 23.3 24.7 31.1
1991 626 26.7 23.4 36.9
1992 543 26.6 20.4 52.1
1993 523 26.5 19.7 54.1
1994 557 25.0 22.3 53.1
1995 760 33.0 23.0 55.3
1996 760 33.0 23.0 55.3
1997 846 35.1 24.1 50.6
1998 888 31.5 28.2 58.9
1999 861 31.5 27.3 57.1
2000 869 36.0 24.1 69.2
2001 829 44.6 18.6 66.6
2002 873 47.0 18.6 68.5
2003 873 47.0 18.6 68.5
2004 715 49.0 14.6 81
2005 650 42.0 15.5 88.5
2006 621 46.0 13.5 90.5
2007 592 43.5 13.6 86.7
2008 653 39.0 16.7 86.7
2009 704 49.0 14.4 82.2
2010 697 44.5 15.6 93.3
2011 767 45.0 17.0 92.2
2012 776 41.0 18.9 91.8
2013 780 44.0 17.7 95.3
2014 763 45.0 16.9 95.4
2015 700 41.0 17.0 95.9
2016 696 36.0 19.3 100
2017 680 36.0 18.8 100
2018 680 33.5 20.2 100
2019 701 37.0 18.9 100
2020 831 38.0 21.8 66.4
2021 927 51.5 18.0 78.9
2022 1040 65.0 16.0 80.8
2023 1013 67.0 15.1 86.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for The Belair-Edison School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,552 (15.7%) $13,659 (84.3%) $16,210
2020 $2,033 (12.5%) $14,185 (87.5%) $16,218
2021 $2,823 (16.1%) $14,687 (83.9%) $17,510
2022 $5,945 (29.3%) $14,345 (70.7%) $20,290
2023 $1,512 (5.9%) $24,026 (94.1%) $25,538

Data source: Maryland Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on The Belair-Edison School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
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Ranks 850th of 853 Elementary schoolsRanks 776th of 855 Elementary schools
 8.9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students7011013
 44.5%
African American677949
 40.2%
American Indian33
Asian01
Hispanic1023
 130%
Pacific Islander01
White411
 175%
Two or More Races725
 257.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients100%86.8%
 13.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about The Belair-Edison School

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,013 students attended The Belair-Edison School.

Students at The Belair-Edison School are 94% African American, 2% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic, 1% White.

The Belair-Edison School ranks in the bottom 5.5% of Maryland elementary schools.


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