Baltimore BORN

Public schools have a tremendous amount of responsibility. Each day the public schools in Baltimore work to accommodate a wide range of children. In the course of the day the schools work to ensure the gifted and talented students are being challenged and ensure that children with a multitude of problems are learning, are safe, and are cared for. The schools need help in the form of supplemental programs for the children they are so earnestly trying to education. BORN is proud to partner with the public school system and vows to help improve the statistics to the best of our ability.

Percentage of Baltimore City students absent from school more than 20 times a year in (2007-2008)*

• 1st-5th graders – 12.4%
• 6th-8th graders – 27%
• 9th-12th graders – 42.1%

Percentage of Baltimore City students withdrawing from school during the school year (2007-2008)*

• 1st-5th graders -17.1%
• 6th-8th graders – 19.7%
• 9th-12th graders – 21.7%

Other Facts

• 62.7% of Baltimore City students graduation with a Maryland high school diploma during the 2007-2008 school year.*
• 45.8% of Baltimore City students graduated on time during the 2008 graduation.*
• 62.9% of Baltimore City students met the University System of Maryland course requirements during the 2007-2008 school year.*
• 15.4% of Baltimore City families are in poverty (2007)*
• 63.9% of Baltimore City children are in a single parent home (2007)*
• 86% of children at majority African-American programs qualify for free/reduced price lunch
• 81% say more children need after school programs in their community
• 35% of programs say they would need to at least double capacity to serve all of the children in their community who need after school programs
• Findings for the State of Maryland by the Afterschool Alliance

* 2009 Results and Indicators Report presented for Baltimore City and Maryland, prepared by the Baltimore City Data Collaborative.