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Brock Bridge Elementary

405 Brock Bridge Rd, Laurel, MD 20724 · (301) 498-6280 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
358 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
3
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
58
Kindergarten
62
Grade 1
89
Grade 2
78
Grade 3
85
Grade 4
77
Grade 5
65
Student demographics
White
234%
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 31%
Hispanic
23846%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 24%
Black
21241%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 32%
Asian
143%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 7%
Two+
275%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
26451%
Female
25049%

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Test scores

MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)
English Language Arts
43.1%
MD avg 50.6% . +12.7pp since 2023
Math
29.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.

Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
514
-82 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 14.9:1
% White
4%
was 9%
% Hispanic
46%
was 40%
% Black
41%
was 41%
% Asian
3%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Brock Bridge Elementary

Brock Bridge Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Laurel, Maryland, one of the schools within Anne Arundel County Public Schools, serves 514 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Brock Bridge Elementary is one of 125 schools operated by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, a district that instructs 85,029 students overall.

On demographics, Brock Bridge Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brock Bridge Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.0%; this one delivers 31.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Anne Arundel County) logs that median household income runs about $124,911, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Anne Arundel County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), Brock Bridge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Monarch Global Academy PCS Laurel Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brock Bridge Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brock Bridge Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brock Bridge Elementary has shrank 14%, going from 596 students in 2018 to 514 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 40% to 46% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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Anne Arundel County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
Brock Bridge Elementary
District
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Address
405 Brock Bridge Rd, Laurel, MD 20724
Phone
(301) 498-6280
County
Anne Arundel County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
514
Teachers (FTE)
51
Student–teacher ratio
10.1:1
Free/Reduced lunch
358 (70%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
240006000048
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Other schools in Laurel
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Frequently asked questions

About Brock Bridge Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Brock Bridge Elementary?
Brock Bridge Elementary enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Brock Bridge Elementary serve?
Brock Bridge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Brock Bridge Elementary have?
Brock Bridge Elementary employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brock Bridge Elementary?
At Brock Bridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 46% Hispanic, 41% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Brock Bridge Elementary public or private?
Brock Bridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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