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What's one thing Bodkin Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000046
Bodkin Elementary
8320 Ventnor Rd, Pasadena, MD 21122 · (410) 437-0464 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
85 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
25%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
62.4%
MD avg 50.6% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
49.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.9% | 55.6% |
% 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
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Bodkin Elementary
Bodkin Elementary's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodkin Elementary this school | 504 | 16.9% | 59.6% |
| Jarrettsville Elementary Jarrettsville | 467 | 14.1% | 62.0% |
| North Bend Elementary Jarrettsville | 467 | 19.3% | 58.6% |
| Mechanicsville Elementary Sykesville | 510 | 15.5% | 64.9% |
| Central Elementary Edgewater | 566 | 17.1% | 70.0% |
| Forest Hill Elementary Forest Hill | 451 | 15.7% | 72.6% |
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 Bodkin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #223 of 853 | #24 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #299 of 853 ▼ 71 | #26 of 80 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #248 of 853 ▼ 125 | #34 of 80 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #374 of 898 | #38 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #661 of 857 | #72 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #765 of 857 | #79 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #818 of 885 | #71 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #266 of 551 | #26 of 49 |
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
504
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 504 | 32.2 | 15.7:1 | 17% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 34.9 | 14.3:1 | 16% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 34.4 | 15.1:1 | 18% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 33.7 | 17.2:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 12% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 32 | 18.2:1 | 12% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 30 | 19.3:1 | 4% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 23 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bodkin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (580 to 504); teachers down 4% (33.7 to 32.2).
About Bodkin Elementary
Bodkin Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Pasadena, Maryland. The school counts 504 students across pre-K through 5.
The 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools enroll 85,029 students altogether, Bodkin Elementary among them.
White students make up 86% of enrollment at Bodkin Elementary. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Anne Arundel County's population at about 63%. Bodkin Elementary's diversity index is 25%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bodkin Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.7:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The lunch program counts 17% of students at Bodkin Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Anne Arundel County report 42%.
On BeatsExpectations, Bodkin Elementary is 4.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
Across Anne Arundel County, the median household income is $124,911, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Anne Arundel County is home to 129 public schools and about 85,074 public school students.
Nearby, Chesapeake Bay Middle is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Bodkin Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 51.5%; Bodkin Elementary's is 59.6%, ranking 4th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when Bodkin Elementary had 483 students, to 2024-25, when it had 504. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.2:1 to 15.7:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools
- Glen Burnie HighHigh · 2,226 students
- North County HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Broadneck HighHigh · 2,143 students
- Annapolis HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Meade HighHigh · 2,045 students
- Crofton High SchoolHigh · 1,906 students
Other schools in Pasadena
- Chesapeake HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Northeast HighHigh · 1,387 students
- Chesapeake Bay MiddleMiddle · 1,087 students
- Northeast MiddleMiddle · 901 students
- High Point ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Sunset ElementaryElementary · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Chesapeake Bay Middle0.2 mi · 1,087
- Chesapeake High0.4 mi · 1,540
- Fort Smallwood Elementary1.9 mi · 397
- Lake Shore Elementary2.1 mi · 280
- Jacobsville Elementary3.8 mi · 474
- Belvedere Elementary4.4 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Bodkin ElementaryHow large is Bodkin Elementary?
Bodkin Elementary enrolls approximately 504 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bodkin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bodkin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bodkin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bodkin Elementary is approximately 15.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bodkin Elementary?
Bodkin Elementary reports a student body of 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bodkin Elementary in?
Bodkin Elementary is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
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