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Booker T. Washington Middle

Q: Is Booker T. Washington Middle a good school?

Booker T. Washington Middle ranks in the bottom 3.8% of Maryland middle schools.

Q: How many students attend Booker T. Washington Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 192 students attended Booker T. Washington Middle.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Booker T. Washington Middle?

Students at Booker T. Washington Middle are 96% African American, 2% Hispanic, 1% White.

Q: What high school do graduates of Booker T. Washington Middle attend?

Students who attend Booker T. Washington Middle usually go on to attend Academy for College and Career Exploration

Public Grades 6-8

329^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 342 Maryland Middle Schools

Better than 4% of Maryland middle schools

Summary

Booker T. Washington Middle is a small school in Baltimore, MD, serving 192 students in grades 6-8 as part of the Baltimore City Public Schools district, an area with high economic need where over 95% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

This school faces significant challenges, most notably an extremely high chronic absenteeism rate of 71.4% for the 2024-2025 school year, far exceeding the district average of 46.4%. For context, nearby schools like The Crossroads School (19.8%) and Lillie May Carroll Jackson School (20.5%) have much lower rates, showing that strong student engagement is possible even within the same district. Academically, proficiency rates are very low, with only 2.4% of students proficient in math and 0% in 8th-grade science. English Language Arts proficiency is higher at 17.3%, but still well below the district average of 27.1%. This pattern of underperformance has persisted for over a decade, with the school consistently ranking in the bottom 5% of Maryland middle schools.

Interestingly, the school spends more per student ($33,882) and has a smaller student-teacher ratio (9.1:1) than most nearby schools, including Vanguard Collegiate Middle ($30,169 per student, 11.5:1 ratio) and Dumbarton Middle ($17,033 per student, 16.3:1 ratio). This "resource paradox" suggests that the core issues are not about funding or class size, but likely relate to deeper socio-economic factors and student support systems. The school also had a remarkable high-performing past, ranking in the 97th percentile in 2006-2007, before a dramatic decline. The success of nearby schools like The Crossroads School, which has a 45% ELA proficiency rate, shows that better outcomes are achievable in the same community.

192

Students ?

9.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$33,882

Per pupil spending ?

95.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1301 Mcculloh Street
Baltimore, MD 21217-3044

(410) 396-7734

District: Baltimore City Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:

96.4%

Hispanic:

2.1%

White:

1.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 97th percentile in 2007 → 4th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Maryland average (9% vs 39% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 93 percentile points since 2007

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school9%

District avg22%

Maryland avg39%

329^th of 342

Maryland public middle schools ?

Bottom 4%▲ up 4 pts since 2022

From bottom 1% (2022) to bottom 4% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 8Middle Schools in the Baltimore City Public Schools

24^th of 24Baltimore City Public Schools 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2026	11.9	329 of 342	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	11.7	324 of 337	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.7	325 of 328	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	314 of 322	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.4	332 of 333	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	2.6	334 of 339	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	0.4	322 of 324	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	0.8	299 of 301	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	0.6	283 of 283	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	91.4	8 of 264	97.0%	★★★★★
2006	90.9	5 of 254	98.0%	★★★★★
2005	89.1	12 of 255	95.3%	★★★★★
2004	86.8	14 of 252	94.4%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Maryland percentile	Rating
2021	4.5	302 of 303	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Female (2021)<1st percentile

By subject vs Maryland (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts17%-34 vs state

Mathematics2%-25 vs state

Science0%-31 vs state

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by a citizen
Saturday, March 2, 2019

They don't care that they are calling people in Baltimore County to tell them that a student did not go to school today. I have never lived in Baltimore City. 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 (2025)	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 3rd Grade	MCAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MCAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MCAP Mathematics All Grades	MCAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MCAP English Language Arts 8th 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 5th Grade	MCAP Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Booker T. Washington Middle	Public	6-8	1301 Mcculloh Street	Baltimore	21217	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 396-7734	192	21	9.1	95.3%	2 (1.0%)	185 (96.4%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	11.9	329^th of 342 public middle schools	3.8%		11.7	324^th of 337 public middle schools	3.9%	5				1.6	1.9	3.8	2.4				17.9	22.6	11.3	17.3					0.0	$33,882	$8,326	$25,556
Katherine Johnson Global Academy	Public	3-8	1101 Braddish Avenue	Baltimore	21216	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 396-0581	473	31	15.5	90.5%	13 (2.7%)	413 (87.3%)	37 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	10.4	332^nd of 342 public middle schools	2.9%		10	331^st of 337 public middle schools	1.8%	1	6.8	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.2	1.9	2.1	13.6	11.8	0.0	8.5	18.1	13.6	12.1				0.0	1.0	$25,625	$5,536	$20,089
Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys	Public, Charter	4-8	2525 Kirk Avenue	Baltimore	21218	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(443) 642-5320	303	20	15.1	78.9%	2 (0.7%)	291 (96.0%)	9 (3.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13.8	316^th of 342 public middle schools	7.6%		12.6	319^th of 337 public middle schools	5.3%	3		0.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	5.9	2.6		9.1	0.0	9.6	26.8	19.1	15.4				0.0	3.0	$24,945	$7,203	$17,743
Stadium School	Public	6-8	1400 Exeter Hall Avenue	Baltimore	21218	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(443) 984-2682	259	17	15.2	86.1%	3 (1.2%)	238 (91.9%)	15 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	8.6	338^th of 342 public middle schools	1.2%		9.7	332^nd of 337 public middle schools	1.5%	6				1.3	1.4	0.0	1.0				7.8	8.7	13.0	9.4					0.0	$30,471	$6,086	$24,385
The Crossroads School	Public, Charter	6-8	802 S Caroline Street	Baltimore	21231	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(410) 276-4924	162	14	11.5	74.7%	5 (3.1%)	109 (67.3%)	44 (27.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.5%)	41.5	188^th of 342 public middle schools	45.0%		35.1	202^nd of 337 public middle schools	40.1%	14				20.8	8.2	11.1	13.1				43.4	53.1	39.7	45.0	7.7				13.8	$31,737	$7,080	$24,656
Lillie May Carroll Jackson School	Public, Charter	5-8	2200 Sinclair Lane	Baltimore	21213	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(443) 320-9499	209	14	14.9	82.8%	3 (1.4%)	200 (95.7%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	20.1	285^th of 342 public middle schools	16.7%		19	285^th of 337 public middle schools	15.4%				0.0	0.0	6.1	5.3	3.3			26.7	26.1	40.3	28.1	31.3				20.0	3.5	$29,164	$6,398	$22,766
The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle	Public	3-8	801 Bridgeview Road	Baltimore	21225	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(410) 396-1392	513	34	15.0	92.6%	9 (1.8%)	456 (88.9%)	37 (7.2%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	10.1	335^th of 342 public middle schools	2.0%		10.8	328^th of 337 public middle schools	2.7%	7	2.9	1.0	5.2	0.0	1.3	1.8	2.0	5.9	7.1	6.4	2.2	18.4	16.1	8.6				4.0	7.0	$24,985	$5,003	$19,982
Lansdowne Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	2400 Lansdowne Rd	Baltimore	21227	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(410) 887-1411	661	51	12.9	70.2%	122 (18.5%)	153 (23.1%)	305 (46.1%)	18 (2.7%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (8.8%)	14.6	312^th of 342 public middle schools	8.8%		12	323^rd of 337 public middle schools	4.2%	11				4.6	0.0	0.8	3.8				24.1	27.7	22.4	24.8	13.0		10.0		8.5	$19,327	$2,109	$17,217
Vanguard Collegiate Middle	Public	6-8	5000 Truesdale Avenue	Baltimore	21206	Baltimore city	Baltimore City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(443) 642-2069	313	22	14.2	85.6%	14 (4.5%)	247 (78.9%)	29 (9.3%)	16 (5.1%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10	336^th of 342 public middle schools	1.8%		10.8	327^th of 337 public middle schools	3.0%	9				0.0	0.0	2.1	0.7				13.5	12.5	14.4	13.5					2.1	$30,169	$5,684	$24,484
Dumbarton Middle	Public	6-8	300 Dumbarton Rd	Baltimore	21212	Baltimore city	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(443) 809-3176	1,064	65	16.3	29.3%	550 (51.7%)	243 (22.8%)	135 (12.7%)	80 (7.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (5.2%)	84.3	53^rd of 342 public middle schools	84.5%		73.9	79^th of 337 public middle schools	76.6%	26				45.5	14.9	9.3	37.1				72.9	78.0	69.4	73.1	42.3		64.5		55.0	$17,033	$1,269	$15,764

Frequently Asked Questions about Booker T. Washington Middle

Is Booker T. Washington Middle a good school?

Booker T. Washington Middle ranks in the bottom 3.8% of Maryland middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Booker T. Washington Middle?

Students at Booker T. Washington Middle are 96% African American, 2% Hispanic, 1% White.

What high school do graduates of Booker T. Washington Middle attend?

Students who attend Booker T. Washington Middle usually go on to attend Academy for College and Career Exploration

How many students attend Booker T. Washington Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 192 students attended Booker T. Washington Middle.

What district is Booker T. Washington Middle in?

Baltimore City Public Schools

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