Chesapeake High

Located at 4798 Mountain Rd, in Pasadena, Maryland, Chesapeake High is a reasonably sized four-year high school that instructs 1,540 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Anne Arundel County Public Schools. That puts it 30% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs 125 schools in total, collectively educating 85,029 students. Chesapeake High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chesapeake High records that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Anne Arundel County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chesapeake High is in the bottom 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.0%; Chesapeake High posts 42.2%, -16.7 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Anne Arundel County reports that 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 Chesapeake High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chesapeake Bay Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chesapeake High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 53.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 10%: 1,400 students in 2018 compared to 1,540 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.