Bodkin Elementary

Bodkin Elementary is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in Pasadena, Maryland, operated by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, educateing 504 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (85,029 students total), Bodkin Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Bodkin Elementary reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Bodkin Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 17% of students are eligible 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 below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bodkin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.2%; this one delivers 59.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Anne Arundel County shows median household earnings sit near $124,911, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Bodkin Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students).

Nearest neighbor: Chesapeake Bay Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bodkin Elementary. On composite proficiency, Bodkin Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Bodkin Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 580 (now 504). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 3% to 8%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Bodkin Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.