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Enrollment
660
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000051
Cape St. Claire Elementary
931 Blue Ridge Dr, Annapolis, MD 21409 · (410) 222-1685 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
97 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 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
46%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
63.5%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
53.3%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.2% | 55.3% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Cape St. Claire Elementary
Cape St. Claire Elementary's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape St. Claire Elementary this school | 660 | 14.7% | 59.1% |
| Broadneck Elementary Arnold | 652 | 17.5% | 67.9% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Severna Park | 628 | 9.7% | 74.0% |
| Central Elementary Edgewater | 566 | 17.1% | 70.0% |
| Twin Ridge Elementary Mt Airy | 703 | 20.6% | 62.1% |
| New Market Elementary New Market | 571 | 19.8% | 73.5% |
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 Cape St. Claire Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #230 of 853 | #25 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #257 of 853 ▼ 26 | #21 of 80 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #231 of 853 ▼ 42 | #32 of 80 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #133 of 898 | #10 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #715 of 857 | #74 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #573 of 857 | #63 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #831 of 885 | #74 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.9% | #217 of 294 | #21 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
660
+94 (+17%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
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 | 660 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 15% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 653 | 40.3 | 16.2:1 | 13% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 41.6 | 15.2:1 | 14% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 8% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 36.2 | 17.5:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 610 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 40 | 17.9:1 | 15% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 681 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 7% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 33 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cape St. Claire Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (635 to 660); teachers up 13% (36.2 to 41).
About Cape St. Claire Elementary
Cape St. Claire Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Annapolis, Maryland, administered by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. The school serves 660 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students.
Cape St. Claire Elementary falls under Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which has 125 schools enrolling 85,029 students.
Cape St. Claire Elementary's enrollment is 72% White. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Anne Arundel County's population at about 63%. By the diversity index, Cape St. Claire Elementary comes in at 46%.
Federal staffing data show 41 full-time-equivalent teachers at Cape St. Claire Elementary and a ratio of 16.1:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 15% of students. Public schools in Anne Arundel County average 42%.
Cape St. Claire Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cape St. Claire Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.1%, compared with a predicted 65.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Anne Arundel County, median household income is about $124,911, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. A total of 129 public schools operate in Anne Arundel County, serving about 85,074 students.
Broadneck High is located about 0.5 miles from Cape St. Claire Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Cape St. Claire Elementary comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The number of students grew from 566 to 660 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 14.2:1 to 16.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Annapolis
- Broadneck HighHigh · 2,143 students
- Annapolis HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Annapolis MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Wiley H. Bates MiddleMiddle · 707 students
- Monarch Academy Annapolis ESElementary · 634 students
- Walter S. Mills - Parole ElementaryElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Broadneck High0.5 mi · 2,143
- Windsor Farm Elementary0.9 mi · 451
- Broadneck Elementary2.2 mi · 652
- Arnold Elementary3.2 mi · 454
- Belvedere Elementary3.4 mi · 542
- AACPS Virtual Academy3.9 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Cape St. Claire ElementaryHow many students attend Cape St. Claire Elementary?
Cape St. Claire Elementary enrolls approximately 660 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cape St. Claire Elementary serve?
Cape St. Claire Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cape St. Claire Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cape St. Claire Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cape St. Claire Elementary?
Cape St. Claire Elementary reports a student body of 72% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Cape St. Claire Elementary?
Cape St. Claire Elementary is overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Anne Arundel County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.