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The Seed School of Maryland

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The Seed School of Maryland ranks 168 th of 227 Maryland high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 6-12

168^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 227 Maryland High Schools

Better than 26% of Maryland high schools

Summary

The Seed School of Maryland is a unique public charter boarding school in Baltimore, MD, serving 395 students in grades 6–12, with a mission to support at-risk youth through a 24/7 college-preparatory model. This school stands out dramatically from nearby schools for its exceptionally low chronic absenteeism rate of 28.7%—the lowest among schools in the area, where rates often exceed 80%—thanks to its boarding environment that ensures students are present every day. It also invests heavily in students, spending $40,687 per pupil (nearly double the typical Baltimore city school) and maintaining a low student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1, with all students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, nearby Green Street Academy, a non-boarding school serving similar grades and demographics, has a chronic absenteeism rate of 46.3% and spends far less per student.

Despite these resources, academic proficiency at The Seed School remains very low: only 8.4% of students are proficient in mathematics and 30.7% in ELA (2025–2026 MCAP), compared to state averages of 27.1% and 51.7%. This suggests that even with more instructional time and funding, the school has not yet translated strong attendance into high test scores. Interestingly, Bard High School Early College, which spends only $23,408 per student and has a lower percentage of students in poverty (65% free/reduced lunch), achieves 17.2% math and 70.6% ELA proficiency, highlighting that resources alone do not guarantee academic success.

The school’s graduation rate has shown volatility, dropping from 88.4% in 2023–2024 to 77.2% in 2024–2025, while the dropout rate jumped from 5.7% to 18.1%—a significant red flag for families to consider. The SEED School of Maryland district is ranked last among all Maryland districts, and the school is part of the larger Baltimore City Public Schools system. In summary, The Seed School effectively solves the attendance problem common in urban schools, but families should weigh this against its academic performance and recent declines in graduation and dropout rates.

395

Students ?

11.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

200 Font Hill Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21223

(410) 843-9477

District: SEED School of Maryland

Racial breakdown:

African American:

95.9%

Hispanic:

2.0%

White:

1.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 1st percentile in 2024 → 26th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 26th (2026) from a 1st-percentile low (2024)

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Maryland average (15% vs 37% meeting standards)

!Geometry scores 33 pts below the Maryland average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school15%

District avg15%

Maryland avg37%

Middle school

305^th of 339

Maryland public middle schools ?

Bottom 10%▼ down 8 pts since 2016

From bottom 18% (2016) to bottom 10% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

168^th of 227

Maryland public high schools ?

Bottom 26%▼ down 18 pts since 2016

From bottom 44% (2016) to bottom 26% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

25^th of 25SEED School of Maryland among Maryland districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2026	15.3	305 of 339	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.3	310 of 337	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.4	292 of 328	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.0	289 of 322	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.6	315 of 333	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	9.8	284 of 303	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.6	247 of 316	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.8	313 of 328	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	14.4	280 of 317	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.8	258 of 314	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	15.5	274 of 315	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	44.4	212 of 339	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	38.4	206 of 316	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2012	36.0	215 of 314	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	26.3	242 of 309	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.4	279 of 324	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	15.7	238 of 259	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	9.1	290 of 303	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	21.7	244 of 273	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	11.4	276 of 288	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2026	22.8	168 of 227	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.0	179 of 220	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	145 of 146	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.3	182 of 225	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.7	133 of 138	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.1	169 of 197	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.1	136 of 180	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	45.4	130 of 233	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	49.1	118 of 233	49.4%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)11th percentile+4 vs school

African American (2021)8th percentile~ school

Female (2021)4th percentile~ school

Male (2021)4th percentile~ school

By subject vs Maryland (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts31%-21 vs state

Algebra II15%-12 vs state

Science14%-17 vs state

Geometry11%-33 vs state

Mathematics8%-19 vs state

Algebra I8%-14 vs state

2.7

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What people are saying

by a student
Sunday, December 29, 2013

i go to the seed school of maryland. i find it that it is great with acadimics and dormatory. it takes time to adjust to there rules, or just being away from home but it is really good acadimics,with great teachers that beleive in you. befour i came to seed i had a very poor GPA, and now i am a 3.8 student soon to be 4.0 Close Quote

by a citizen
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The number one problem with this school is the lack of parental involvement. Most parents drop their kids off on Sunday and don't pick up the parental role until they pick up their students on Friday. If parents would parent and allow teachers to teach then this school could go from good to great.

Also, this is NOT a level 5 school. Other districts are sending students here that belong in a level school. Parents expect us to take a student who has a violent nature and turn them into a upstanding citizen in the first year.

For the the citizen who wrote the first review...students learn to fight way before they come to the SEED. They see it in their homes, they see it on their street corner, they see it in their previous schools. It's so easy to blame everything on the school but the SEED starts at 6th grade. The parents have had them for 10 years...what are the parents doing? Most...nothing! Let's start there. Close Quote

by a citizen
Saturday, October 13, 2012

I am totally disappointed with the lack of supervision provided during this school year with the girls who attend this place. There have been fighting among the higher-grade level students against those in the six and seven grades. It is appalling that students are allowed to push,hit and physically harm other students without any intervention from the administration and without any repercussions for the students' actions. The school receives too much funding and grants for such behavior to be allowed, condoned and not addressed. Maryland school system should make a concerted effort to find out what is going on behind the doors of this place, and do so before someone is seriously injured. Bullying is totally unacceptable in any venue and especially when done in a residential environment where the perpetrators have more opportunities to carry out their threats and actions against victims. Stop the violence now and get on with the business at hand. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCAP Mathematics (2026)				MCAP English Language Arts (2026)					MCAP Algebra I (2026)	MCAP Algebra II (2026)	MCAP Geometry (2026)	MCAP Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAP Mathematics All Grades	MCAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts All Grades	MCAP Algebra I End of Course	MCAP Algebra II End of Course	MCAP Geometry End of Course	MCAP Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
The Seed School of Maryland	Public	6-12	200 Font Hill Avenue	Baltimore	21223	Baltimore city	SEED School of Maryland	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 843-9477	395	35	11.2	100.0%	7 (1.8%)	379 (95.9%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22.8	168^th of 227 public high schools	26.0%		18	179^th of 220 public high schools	18.6%	11	1.7	4.3		8.4	22.8	25.5	23.4	44.2	30.7	7.5	15.4	11.3	14.3
Green Street Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	125 N Hilton Street	Baltimore	21229	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(443) 642-2068	808	46	17.5	84.3%	11 (1.4%)	772 (95.5%)	15 (1.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.9%)	11.3	211^th of 227 public high schools	7.0%		13.8	201^st of 220 public high schools	8.6%	10	1.8	4.4	3.2	2.6	21.6	27.8	21.0	21.4	22.9	1.4			6.4	$25,371	$5,454	$19,917
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy	Public	9-12	100 N Calhoun Street	Baltimore	21223	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(443) 984-2831	386	23	16.7	87.3%	9 (2.3%)	323 (83.7%)	48 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	24.4	163^rd of 227 public high schools	28.2%		18	180^th of 220 public high schools	18.2%	17				9.6				41.2	41.2	9.6				$23,608	$6,047	$17,561
Edmondson-Westside High	Public	9-12	501 N Athol Avenue	Baltimore	21229	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 396-0685	910	60	15.2	79.8%	3 (0.3%)	795 (87.4%)	104 (11.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	12.7	206^th of 227 public high schools	9.3%		18.9	173^rd of 220 public high schools	21.4%	33				5.1				21.6	21.6	5.1				$24,670	$4,842	$19,829
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts	Public	9-12	1500 Harlem Avenue	Baltimore	21217	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 396-7701	337	25	13.4	92.6%	5 (1.5%)	321 (95.3%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6.9	227^th of 227 public high schools	0.0%		11	212^th of 220 public high schools	3.6%	15				0.0				1.8	1.8	0.0				$30,282	$5,760	$24,521
Carver Vocational-Technical High	Public	9-12	2201 Presstman Street	Baltimore	21216	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 396-0553	1,041	61	17.2	86.4%	23 (2.2%)	955 (91.7%)	59 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	13.5	205^th of 227 public high schools	9.7%		13.9	199^th of 220 public high schools	9.5%	6				2.4				28.2	28.2	2.4				$22,485	$5,615	$16,870
Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood High	Public	9-12	1001 W Saratoga Street	Baltimore	21223	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 396-1290	264	17	15.5	92.8%	5 (1.9%)	239 (90.5%)	18 (6.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	11.3	213^th of 227 public high schools	6.2%		15.9	188^th of 220 public high schools	14.5%	25				5.1				20.8	20.8	5.1				$27,169	$3,830	$23,339
Coppin Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	2500 W North Avenue	Baltimore	21216	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(443) 642-5060	450	27	16.6	83.8%	0 (0.0%)	438 (97.3%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	32.4	133^rd of 227 public high schools	41.4%		23.5	156^th of 220 public high schools	29.1%	23				13.4				49.5	49.5	13.4				$23,883	$4,371	$19,512
Joseph C. Briscoe Academy	Public	6-12	900 Druid Hill Avenue	Baltimore	21201	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 396-0774	30	17	1.7	86.7%	0 (0.0%)	27 (90.0%)	2 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.3%)								(n/a)
Bard High School Early College	Public	9-12	2801 N Dukeland Street	Baltimore	21216	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(443) 642-5040	459	31	15.0	65.4%	47 (10.2%)	387 (84.3%)	17 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	59.2	47^th of 227 public high schools	79.3%		49.3	75^th of 220 public high schools	65.9%	28				17.2				70.6	70.6	17.2				$23,408	$5,220	$18,188

Frequently Asked Questions about The Seed School of Maryland

What district is The Seed School of Maryland in?

SEED School of Maryland

Is The Seed School of Maryland a good school?

The Seed School of Maryland ranks 168^th of 227 Maryland high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend The Seed School of Maryland?

In the 2024-25 school year, 395 students attended The Seed School of Maryland.

What is the racial makeup of The Seed School of Maryland?

Students at The Seed School of Maryland are 96% African American, 2% Hispanic, 2% White.

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