Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000043
Belle Grove Elementary
4502 Belle Grove Road, Baltimore, MD 21225 · (410) 222-6589 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
271 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
32.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
23.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 21.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Belle Grove Elementary
Belle Grove Elementary's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Grove Elementary this school | 305 | 88.9% | 26.4% |
| Woodside Elementary Glen Burnie | 330 | 83.9% | 32.3% |
| North Glen Elementary Glen Burnie | 278 | 81.3% | 32.3% |
| Georgetown East Elementary Annapolis | 330 | 90.0% | 21.1% |
| Mt Rainier Elementary Mt Rainier | 311 | 91.3% | 22.6% |
| Hyattsville Elementary Hyattsville | 422 | 87.2% | 36.6% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Belle Grove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #690 of 853 | #73 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #681 of 853 ▼ 10 | #73 of 80 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #693 of 853 ▼ 3 | #74 of 80 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #743 of 898 | #72 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #11 of 857 | #5 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #166 of 857 | #23 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #105 of 885 | #5 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #186 of 294 | #20 of 32 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
305
+18 (+6%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 214
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 305 | 31.9 | 9.6:1 | 89% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 31.9 | 9.8:1 | 90% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 25.8 | 12.1:1 | 88% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 25 | 11.5:1 | 85% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 22.7 | 12.6:1 | 72% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 22 | 11.7:1 | 85% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 199 | 19 | 10.5:1 | 80% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 178 | 12 | 14.8:1 | 18% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 214 | 10 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belle Grove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (287 to 305); teachers up 41% (22.7 to 31.9).
About Belle Grove Elementary
This page covers Belle Grove Elementary, a small elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 305 students enrolled. That is 37% below the average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs Belle Grove Elementary along with 124 other schools, enrolling 85,029 students in total.
The student body at Belle Grove Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 42%. Other groups make up 25% White, 22% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at Belle Grove Elementary are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Belle Grove Elementary is 9.6:1, based on 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is higher. Belle Grove Elementary counts 89% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 42% for public schools in Anne Arundel County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Belle Grove Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 26.4% actual against 21.6% predicted.
In Anne Arundel County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $124,911, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 129 public schools in the county, enrolling about 85,074, Belle Grove Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Brooklyn Park Elementary, is about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Belle Grove Elementary places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Belle Grove Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment increased by 6% across 4 years, from 287 in 2020-21 to 305 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.5:1 in 2020-21, and 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Anne Arundel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
598,166
Census ACS
Median income
$124,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
85,074 students
Quick facts
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- Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle1.3 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About Belle Grove ElementaryHow large is Belle Grove Elementary?
Belle Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Belle Grove Elementary serve?
Belle Grove Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Belle Grove Elementary have?
Belle Grove Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Belle Grove Elementary?
Student demographics at Belle Grove Elementary are roughly 25% White, 42% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Belle Grove Elementary in?
Belle Grove Elementary is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
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