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Baltimore School For The Arts

712 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201 -

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Definition of Terms

Baltimore School For The Arts

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Baltimore City County, MD

Students & Faculty

Total Students

314 students

% Male / % Female

38% / 62%

Total Classroom Teachers

22 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 98 students

Grade 10 - 80 students

Grade 11 - 70 students

Grade 12 - 66 students

This School

( MD ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( MD ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	5%
% Hispanic	1%	8%
% Black	51%	40%
% White	46%	46%

Additional Student Information

This School

( MD ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

11%

23%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( MD ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Baltimore City Public s School District

This School's Agency

( MD ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	197	27
Number of Students Managed	92,248 students	16,524 students
District Total Revenue	$1,036,293,000	$159,214,000
District Expenditure	$970,898,000	$153,923,000
District Revenue / Student	$11,234	$9,539
District Expenditure / Student	$10,525	$9,315
District Graduation Rates	61%	86%

Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA) is part of Baltimore's public school system. One of the nation's premier arts high schools, BSFA offers concentrations in classical music, theater, dance and visual art. The school has produced numerous Presidential Scholars in the Arts and its students have gone on to attend every major conservatory and Ivy League school. The school's graduates include actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Tracie Thoms, saxophonist Antonio Hart, violinist Anna Elashvili and baritone Eric Greene. The late rapper and social activist Tupac Shakur also attended, majoring as an actor, but did not graduate.
The Baltimore School for the Arts is a school that intends to prepare its students for careers in the arts. The school provides qualified students with training in one of four arts disciplines: the visual arts, music, theatre, or dance in combination with a comprehensive, college preparatory academic program. The theatre and music majors are split into two groups each: for theatre, there is both acting and stage production, and the music department is split into vocalists and instrumentalists.
A further mission of the school is to serve as an arts resource for the Baltimore community by offering performances, educational workshops, and extensive after-school training in the arts to Baltimore children.
Today, BSA graduates go on to study at a number of colleges, universities and conservatories. BSA alumni also have careers in business, human services and education.
In 1979, the President of the School Board authored a charter creating the Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA). In the form of a resolution of the school board, this charter followed many years of effort to create an arts high school, including a 1978 recommendation of the special Task Force appointed by Mayor William Donald Schaefer. The BSA was created as part of the Baltimore school system, however the charter provided the BSA with the structure and the authority to design and implement policies and programs necessary to be successful in its mission as a pre-professional arts high school. The charter stated "that it differ from other Baltimore city high schools by training students with potential for careers in the performing and visual arts."
The Baltimore School for the Arts is a four-year public high school that provides young people with intensive, pre-professional training in the arts within the context of a comprehensive, college preparatory academic curriculum. Working with a distinguished faculty, students pursue any one of four disciplines--the visual arts, instrumental music, singing, theatre, stage production and dance--in an environment that emphasizes professionalism and scholarship. About 450 students attend the school, coming from public and private schools in and around Baltimore. Students are accepted by audition or portfolio review.
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About This Zip Code (21201)

School Zip (21201)

(MD) State Average

Population (Approximate)

15,097 people

5,071,990 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

31%

32%

Population Average Age

34 years old

36.0 years old

Average Household size

1.7 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$16,148

$52,064

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

3.1 rooms

6.0 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

46 years old

42 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

7% / 93%

65% / 35%

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