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Wildwood Elementary/Middle

Public Grades PK, KG-8
603rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 865 Maryland Elementary Schools
Better than 30% of Maryland elementary schools
Summary

Wildwood Elementary/Middle is a public school in Baltimore, Maryland, serving 753 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.

Wildwood Elementary/Middle has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 37.2% to 58.1% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state and district averages. The school's test scores are also consistently lower than state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 18% of Wildwood students were proficient or better in MCAP/Mathematics, compared to 26.5% statewide and 12.6% in the Baltimore City Public Schools district. Wildwood also has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 82.44% to 85.39% over the past few years, indicating a high concentration of economically disadvantaged students.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Baltimore International Academy West, Thomas Jefferson Elementary/Middle, and Belmont Elementary, also have low academic performance and high rates of chronic absenteeism and free/reduced lunch recipients, suggesting that the challenges faced by Wildwood Elementary/Middle are not unique and are likely systemic issues within the Baltimore City Public Schools district. Despite the relatively high per-student spending and student-teacher ratio, Wildwood's performance has remained consistently low over the past several years, with little to no improvement in test scores or other key metrics.

743
Students ?
17.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$21,396
Per pupil spending ?
85.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 621 Wildwood Parkway
       Baltimore, MD  21229-1811

(410) 396-0503

District: Baltimore City Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:
89.6%
Hispanic:
7.8%
Two or more races:
0.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 12th percentile in 2013 → 30th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 18 percentile points since 2013
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Maryland average (17% vs 37% meeting standards)
!Social Studies scores 35 pts below the Maryland average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school17%
District avg20%
Maryland avg37%
Elementary school
603rd of 865
Maryland public elementary schools ?
Bottom 30%▲ up 15 pts since 2015
From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
283rd of 337
Maryland public middle schools ?
Bottom 16%▲ up 15 pts since 2021
From bottom 1% (2021) to bottom 16% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
27th of 104Elementary Schools in the Baltimore City Public Schools
24th of 25Baltimore 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202525.7603 of 86530.3%★★☆☆☆
202414.4735 of 85914.4%★☆☆☆☆
20237.6833 of 8552.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.7806 of 8626.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.3786 of 8578.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201713.2764 of 8479.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201612.2772 of 8458.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201517.1731 of 85914.9%★☆☆☆☆
201410.1799 of 8677.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201318.1743 of 84712.3%★☆☆☆☆
20121.4846 of 8571.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20113.6837 of 8531.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201027.3700 of 85518.1%★☆☆☆☆
200926.8696 of 85018.1%★☆☆☆☆
200860.5376 of 83855.1%★★★☆☆
200782.891 of 81888.9%★★★★☆
200688.726 of 80496.8%★★★★★
200585.384 of 80589.6%★★★★☆
200484.075 of 80390.7%★★★★★
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202519.5283 of 33716.0%★☆☆☆☆
202412.0297 of 3289.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.7299 of 3227.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.7314 of 3335.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.3301 of 3030.7%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
20218.9258 of 2590.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
20218.6291 of 3034.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202111.5267 of 2732.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
20215.3288 of 2880.0%☆☆☆☆☆
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
Female (2021)4th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2021)2nd percentile~ school
African American (2021)<1st percentile~ school
Male (2021)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Maryland (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts23%-28 vs state
Mathematics18%-8 vs state
Social Studies5%-35 vs state
Science3%-25 vs state

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Wildwood Elementary/Middle ranks 603rd of 865 Maryland elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 743 students attended Wildwood Elementary/Middle.

Students at Wildwood Elementary/Middle are 90% African American, 8% Hispanic.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland State Department of Education.

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