Arundel High

Arundel High operates as an expansive high school in Gambrills, Maryland, operated by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,778 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 1,185 students each, so Arundel High sits 50% bigger than that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, Arundel High shows that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 34% Black, 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 27% of students at Arundel High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Anne Arundel County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Arundel High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Anne Arundel County) logs that median household earnings sit near $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Arundel High is one of 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students).

The closest other public school is Arundel Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Arundel High comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 2,118 students in 2018 compared to 1,778 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 51% to 36%.

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