Baltimore Design School
Baltimore · MD · Baltimore City Public Schools · Public · K-12 combined
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Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women → Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High → Renaissance Academy → Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts → The Seed School of Maryland → Achievement Academy at Harbor City High → Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy → ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School →At a glance
- 7 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- 2 calculus classes · 5 physics · 12 chemistry
- AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: 57th percentile by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 97% in 2019 (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Baltimore Design School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 7 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMD sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women, Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High, Renaissance Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
70th percentile nationally
Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2157th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Maryland-College Park
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $15,678/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 503 students:
≈ 12 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $21,486 per student in district revenue, the 12 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $257,832/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women Baltimore |
Public · charter | 0.9 | 257 | -5.9% |
| Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High Baltimore |
Public | 1.6 | 264 | -24.4% |
| Renaissance Academy Baltimore |
Public | 0.9 | 241 | -10.4% |
| Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts Baltimore |
Public | 1.8 | 337 | +1.8% |
| The Seed School of Maryland Baltimore |
Public | 3.3 | 249 | -3.5% |
| Achievement Academy at Harbor City High Baltimore |
Public | 4.6 | 314 | +8.7% |
| Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy Baltimore |
Public | 1.9 | 386 | -15.4% |
| ConneXions: A Community Based Arts School Baltimore |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 371 | +9.1% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantBaltimore Design School is a public high school in Baltimore, MD, enrolling 503 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 26% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 7 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 70% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
90 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 57% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 97% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 252 students per school counselor.
35% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Baltimore Design School offer? Baltimore Design School offers 7 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 70% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Baltimore Design School's graduation rate? Baltimore Design School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 97% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Baltimore Design School? Baltimore Design School is a public high school in Baltimore, MD, enrolling 503 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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