Belle Grove Elementary

As a modestly sized elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, Belle Grove Elementary educates 305 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. That puts it 37% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Within Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which oversees 125 schools and 85,029 students, Belle Grove Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Belle Grove Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% White, 22% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Belle Grove Elementary reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Belle Grove Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Anne Arundel County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Belle Grove Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.6%; this one delivers 26.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Anne Arundel County put median household income runs about $124,911, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Belle Grove Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students).

The closest other public school is Brooklyn Park Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Belle Grove Elementary. On composite proficiency, Belle Grove Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 21.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 287 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 17% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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