1
What do you wish you knew before starting at Brooklyn Park Elementary?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000049
Brooklyn Park Elementary
200 14th Ave, Baltimore, MD 21225 · (410) 222-6590 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
388 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 | 57 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
68%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
33.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.8pp since 2023
Math
23.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 34 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 19.5% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Brooklyn Park Elementary
Brooklyn Park Elementary's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Park Elementary this school | 463 | 83.8% | 23.8% |
| Park Elementary Baltimore | 538 | 83.1% | 35.8% |
| Glendale Elementary Glen Burnie | 438 | 76.9% | 41.1% |
| Baltimore Highlands Elementary Baltimore | 461 | 76.4% | 20.5% |
| Hyattsville Elementary Hyattsville | 422 | 87.2% | 36.6% |
| Woodside Elementary Glen Burnie | 330 | 83.9% | 32.3% |
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 Brooklyn Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #743 of 853 | #77 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #682 of 853 ▲ 31 | #74 of 80 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #660 of 853 ▲ 139 | #72 of 80 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #462 of 898 | #45 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #97 of 857 | #19 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #241 of 857 | #30 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #148 of 885 | #8 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #164 of 294 | #15 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
463
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
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 | 463 | 41.2 | 11.2:1 | 84% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 40.8 | 11.9:1 | 81% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 36.3 | 13.3:1 | 80% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 70% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 54% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 64% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 59% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 37% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 23 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brooklyn Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (431 to 463); teachers up 42% (29 to 41.2).
About Brooklyn Park Elementary
Brooklyn Park Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland, administered by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. The school's 463 students are in pre-K through 5.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools counts 125 schools and 85,029 students, including Brooklyn Park Elementary.
At Brooklyn Park Elementary, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 45%. After that, the student body is 29% White, 19% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Anne Arundel County is about 11% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 41.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.2:1. That is lower than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 84%. The average for public schools in Anne Arundel County is 42%.
On BeatsExpectations, Brooklyn Park Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
Anne Arundel County census figures show that the median household income is $124,911, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Anne Arundel County is home to 129 public schools and about 85,074 public school students.
Park Elementary is the public school closest to Brooklyn Park Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 23.2% on proficiency, and Brooklyn Park Elementary is above that at 23.8%.
Brooklyn Park Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 23 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 11.2 students per teacher, compared with 14.2 in 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Nearby schools
- Park Elementary0.4 mi · 538
- Brooklyn Park Middle0.4 mi · 784
- Belle Grove Elementary0.6 mi · 305
- Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle1.0 mi · 706
- Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle1.2 mi · 717
- Curtis Bay Elementary1.3 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Brooklyn Park ElementaryHow large is Brooklyn Park Elementary?
Brooklyn Park Elementary enrolls approximately 463 students in grades PK-05.
Is Brooklyn Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brooklyn Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Brooklyn Park Elementary have?
Brooklyn Park Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Brooklyn Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Brooklyn Park Elementary are roughly 29% White, 45% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Brooklyn Park Elementary public or private?
Brooklyn Park 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.