High · Maryland

Joseph C. Briscoe Academy

Special educationFree meals for all

Joseph C. Briscoe Academy, a public high school in Baltimore, Maryland: grades 6–12, 30 students, 1.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Baltimore City Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 30
Teachers (FTE): 17.0
Students per teacher: 1.8
Grades: 6–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 99% of high schools in Maryland

Median 16.2 · 223 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 99% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 97% of high schools in Maryland

Median 1,180 · 232 schools compared

Smaller than 92% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maryland's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Maryland: 49%

Not published: too few students tested.

MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Maryland: 28%

Not published: too few students tested.

MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: District school · Special education
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Baltimore City Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Baltimore City Public Schools.

Location

Address: 900 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410)396-0774
City or town: Baltimore
County: Baltimore city

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Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Renaissance AcademyFree meals for all	9–12	241	10.7	—	—	0.4 mi
Baltimore School for the ArtsFree meals for all	9–12	443	15.8	—	—	0.4 mi
Baltimore Leadership School for Young WomenCharterFree meals for all	6–12	466	11.7	28%	0.6%	0.4 mi
Excel Academy at Francis M. Wood HighAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	264	15.5	—	—	0.7 mi
Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual ArtsFree meals for all	9–12	337	13.5	—	—	0.9 mi
Baltimore Design SchoolFree meals for all	6–12	503	13.1	35%	9.0%	1.0 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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