Alternative/PRU High Open

Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies

๐Ÿ“ 901 S Rolling Rd, Baltimore, Baltimore County, 21228

60
Pupils
4.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Baltimore, Baltimore County. The school has 60 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 4.6:1. The four-year graduation rate is 24%. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Baltimore County Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies enrolls 60 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 4.6:1.

Male students
36 (60%)
Female students
24 (40%)
Teachers (FTE)
13
Student-teacher ratio
4.6:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Black or African American, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 8.3% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American4473%
Hispanic or Latino610%
White58.3%
Two or more races23.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native23.3%
Asian11.7%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

47 of the school's 60 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 44 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades 9โ€“12Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-70, state senate district 12, state house district 12.

School district: Baltimore County Public Schools

Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies is one of 178 schools in Baltimore County Public Schools, based in Towson, Maryland. The district serves 110,024 students district-wide and employs 7,651 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 60 students, Catonsville Center for Alternative Studies is smaller than the district average of about 618 students per school.

110,024
District students
178
Schools
7,651
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

24%
Graduation rate
17%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment

Setting: Suburb - Large

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