Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

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Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle is a public school in Baltimore, Maryland, serving 841 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 Maryland and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Calvin M. Rodwell has a predominantly African American student population, ranging from 87.63% to 92.17% over the past three school years, which is significantly higher than the racial diversity seen in the nearby schools like Powhatan Elementary and KIPP Harmony Academy. The school consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Maryland elementary schools based on the SchoolDigger statewide ranking, with proficiency rates in MCAP Mathematics and English Language Arts that are significantly lower than the Baltimore City Public Schools and Maryland state averages across all grade levels.

Calvin M. Rodwell has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 70.62% to 74.79% over the past three school years, which is higher than the nearby schools. The school also has a relatively high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 17.9 to 21.8 over the past three school years, which is higher than the nearby schools. These factors suggest that Calvin M. Rodwell serves a community with significant economic challenges, which may contribute to the school's persistent academic struggles.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 3501 Hillsdale Road
       Baltimore, MD  21207


(410) 396-0940

District: Baltimore City Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
749th of 859 Maryland Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,602 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  21.8 Help
Number of students:  841

Racial breakdown:

African American:
87.6%
Hispanic:
9.6%
Two or more races:
1.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  74.8% Help


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Compare Details Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle ranks worse than 87.2% of elementary schools in Maryland. It also ranks 53rd 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 13.69. (See more...)
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Compare Details Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle ranks worse than 92.1% of middle schools in Maryland. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.46. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a 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 (87.6%), Hispanic (9.6%), two or more races (1.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 74.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle is 21.8. 106 elementary schools in the Baltimore City Public Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle employs 38.5 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle is $18,602. 99 elementary schools in the Baltimore City Public Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle 302nd of 328 Maryland public middle schools. (See Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle 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 Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 75.57 188th 803 76.6%
2005 75.77 187th 805 76.8%
2006 79.33 152nd 804 81.1%
2007 79.69 129th 818 84.2%
2008 57.90 410th 838 51.1%
2009 68.32 296th 850 65.2%
2010 69.33 282nd 855 67.0%
2011 26.85 684th 853 19.8%
2012 28.26 682nd 857 20.4%
2013 21.59 715th 847 15.6%
2014 8.78 806th 867 7.0%
2015 10.50 830th 859 3.4%
2016 11.88 775th 845 8.3%
2017 13.34 759th 847 10.4%
2018 23.88 628th 857 26.7%
2019 10.43 789th 853 7.5%
2021 7.33 799th 802 0.4%
2022 12.51 795th 862 7.8%
2023 11.27 792nd 855 7.4%
2024 13.69 749th 859 12.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 6.04 796th 796 0.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 8.72 784th 788 0.5%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 10.65 500th 504 0.8%
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Data source: test scores: Maryland State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

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Rank History for all middle school students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 5.60 315th 316 0.3%
2021 9.74 285th 303 5.9%
2022 13.32 310th 333 6.9%
2023 8.52 303rd 322 5.9%
2024 10.46 302nd 328 7.9%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 14.40 262nd 273 4.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 6.45 298th 303 1.7%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 14.50 266th 288 7.6%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 12.27 248th 259 4.2%
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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 Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 2 394 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 396
1990 3 353 0 0 0 n/a n/a 6 362
1991 3 367 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 371
1992 2 323 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 326
1993 2 312 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 314
1994 0 346 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 346
1995 0 320 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 321
1996 0 320 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 321
1997 0 308 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 309
1998 0 384 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 384
1999 1 360 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 361
2000 1 355 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 356
2001 3 362 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 365
2002 1 287 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 289
2003 1 287 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 289
2004 1 274 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 277
2005 2 266 1 3 0 n/a n/a 0 272
2006 1 293 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 296
2007 0 288 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 291
2008 0 289 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 293
2009 0 289 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 295
2010 1 301 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 308
2011 6 312 2 4 0 0 0 0 324
2012 3 336 1 8 0 0 0 0 348
2013 6 358 4 10 0 0 0 0 378
2014 5 347 1 11 0 0 0 0 364
2015 5 357 1 11 0 0 0 0 374
2016 4 340 0 10 0 0 0 0 354
2017 3 340 0 7 0 0 0 0 350
2018 4 297 0 10 1 0 4 0 316
2019 4 669 1 25 2 0 4 0 705
2020 6 681 1 35 3 0 3 0 729
2021 5 753 4 46 3 0 6 0 817
2022 6 770 0 66 3 0 10 0 855
2023 9 737 0 81 1 0 13 0 841

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 Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 396 18.3 21.6 n/a
1990 362 18.0 20.1 37.3
1991 371 15.6 23.7 45
1992 326 15.6 20.8 57.4
1993 314 13.3 23.6 59.6
1994 346 13.7 25.3 60.1
1995 321 14.1 22.8 62.9
1996 321 14.1 22.8 62.9
1997 309 14.0 22.1 70.2
1998 384 16.4 23.4 75
1999 361 16.4 22.0 78.9
2000 356 16.9 21.1 71.6
2001 365 18.4 19.8 78.9
2002 289 18.5 15.6 73.4
2003 289 18.5 15.6 73.4
2004 277 17.0 16.3 78.3
2005 272 16.0 17.0 83.5
2006 296 15.0 19.7 82.4
2007 291 15.5 18.8 82.1
2008 293 17.5 16.7 84.3
2009 295 20.0 14.8 76.3
2010 308 18.5 16.6 87.3
2011 324 19.0 17.0 83.3
2012 348 16.5 21.0 87.9
2013 378 17.0 22.2 88.6
2014 364 17.5 20.8 90.1
2015 374 18.0 20.7 90.6
2016 354 20.0 17.7 100
2017 350 19.0 18.4 100
2018 316 19.0 16.6 100
2019 705 31.5 22.3 100
2020 729 39.0 18.6 57.3
2021 817 45.5 17.9 70.6
2022 855 45.5 18.7 71.1
2023 841 38.5 21.8 74.8

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 Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 396 18.3 21.6 n/a
1990 362 18.0 20.1 37.3
1991 371 15.6 23.7 45
1992 326 15.6 20.8 57.4
1993 314 13.3 23.6 59.6
1994 346 13.7 25.3 60.1
1995 321 14.1 22.8 62.9
1996 321 14.1 22.8 62.9
1997 309 14.0 22.1 70.2
1998 384 16.4 23.4 75
1999 361 16.4 22.0 78.9
2000 356 16.9 21.1 71.6
2001 365 18.4 19.8 78.9
2002 289 18.5 15.6 73.4
2003 289 18.5 15.6 73.4
2004 277 17.0 16.3 78.3
2005 272 16.0 17.0 83.5
2006 296 15.0 19.7 82.4
2007 291 15.5 18.8 82.1
2008 293 17.5 16.7 84.3
2009 295 20.0 14.8 76.3
2010 308 18.5 16.6 87.3
2011 324 19.0 17.0 83.3
2012 348 16.5 21.0 87.9
2013 378 17.0 22.2 88.6
2014 364 17.5 20.8 90.1
2015 374 18.0 20.7 90.6
2016 354 20.0 17.7 100
2017 350 19.0 18.4 100
2018 316 19.0 16.6 100
2019 705 31.5 22.3 100
2020 729 39.0 18.6 57.3
2021 817 45.5 17.9 70.6
2022 855 45.5 18.7 71.1
2023 841 38.5 21.8 74.8

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,031 (16.7%) $10,151 (83.3%) $12,182
2020 $1,941 (15.1%) $10,903 (84.9%) $12,845
2021 $1,951 (14.6%) $11,379 (85.4%) $13,330
2022 $3,642 (24.8%) $11,039 (75.2%) $14,681
2023 $1,261 (6.8%) $17,341 (93.2%) $18,602

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 789th of 853 Elementary schoolsRanks 792nd of 855 Elementary schools
 0.1%
Ranks 315th of 316 Middle schoolsRanks 303rd of 322 Middle schools
 5.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students705841
 19.3%
African American669737
 10.2%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic2581
 224%
Pacific Islander00
White49
 125%
Two or More Races413
 225%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients100%74.8%
 25.2%


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Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle ranks in the bottom 12.8% of Maryland elementary schools.

Students at Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle are 88% African American, 10% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% White.

In the 2022-23 school year, 841 students attended Calvin M. Rodwell Elementary/Middle.


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