Arnold Elementary

Arnold Elementary is one of the mid-tier primary schools in Arnold, Maryland, operated by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, with 454 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 85,029 students; Arnold Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Arnold Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

On the income-and-resources front, Arnold Elementary lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Arnold Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arnold Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.5%, the actual is 69.2%, a residual of +2.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Anne Arundel County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $124,911 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Anne Arundel County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), of which Arnold Elementary is one.

Broadneck Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arnold Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 62.8%.

Arnold Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arnold Elementary has edged up 6%, going from 427 students in 2018 to 454 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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