Cape St. Claire Elementary

Cape St. Claire Elementary is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Annapolis, Maryland, part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, with 660 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Cape St. Claire Elementary is one of 125 schools operated by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, a district that educates 85,029 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Cape St. Claire Elementary records that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Cape St. Claire Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 15% of students at Cape St. Claire Elementary qualify 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 somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Cape St. Claire Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.5%; this one delivers 59.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Anne Arundel County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Anne Arundel County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), of which Cape St. Claire Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Broadneck High, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cape St. Claire Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.7%.

Cape St. Claire Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 635 students in 2018 compared to 660 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 78% to 72% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.