Woodbourne Heights, Baltimore is a community in northern Baltimore

Baltimore

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Maryland

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. It is served by the Woodbourne Heights Community, the Woodbourne-McCabe Neighborhood and the Beauregard Neighborhood Associations.

Points of interest

Woodbourne Heights, Baltimore includes several historically and culturally significant places of interests including: Chinquapin Park, the McCabe Mansion, the Belvedere Square Shopping Centers and City Garden plots on Woodbourne Avenue.

Demographics

According to the 2000 US Census, 2,880 people live in Woodbourne Heights/Woodbourne McCabe, Baltimore with 92% African-American and 5% White. The median family income is $40,948. 85% of the houses are occupied and about 50% of those are occupied by the home's owner.

Schools

Woodbourne Heights, Baltimore has three public elementary schools: Yorkwood and Leithwalk elementary schools. The area is served by the Chinquapin Middle School. High school students generally attend Mervo

Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School

Mergenthaler Vocational–Technical High School, commonly referred to as Mervo, is a public high school and trade school in Baltimore, Maryland. Mervo opened in 1953 as a vocational-technical school, and is named after Ottmar Mergenthaler...

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Baltimore City College

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Reginald F. Lewis High School

Reginald F. Lewis High School is a public high school located in the northeastern section of Baltimore, Maryland. The school is situated in the former Northern High School and shares the structure with the W. E. B. Du Bois High School.-History:...

high schools.