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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000060
Crofton Elementary
1405 Duke Of Kent Dr, Crofton, MD 21114 · (410) 222-5800 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
15.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
110 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 | 26 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
65%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
74.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
57.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 73.2% | 59.6% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Crofton Elementary
Crofton Elementary's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crofton Elementary this school | 621 | 17.7% | 66.0% |
| Four Seasons Elementary Gambrills | 667 | 16.2% | 65.2% |
| Atholton Elementary Columbia | 516 | 15.9% | 62.3% |
| Stoneleigh Elementary Baltimore | 645 | 18.4% | 76.1% |
| Poolesville Elementary Poolesville | 576 | 16.5% | 68.7% |
| Crofton Meadows Elementary Crofton | 544 | 24.1% | 52.5% |
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 Crofton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #138 of 853 | #14 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #217 of 853 ▼ 33 | #18 of 80 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #105 of 853 ▼ 6 | #18 of 80 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #183 of 898 | #16 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #639 of 857 | #70 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #301 of 857 | #35 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #809 of 885 | #66 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #347 of 551 | #33 of 49 |
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
621
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
+129% since 1990-91, when it was 271
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 621 | 40.3 | 15.4:1 | 18% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 44.3 | 14.9:1 | 16% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 653 | 42.3 | 15.4:1 | 14% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 9% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 40.5 | 17.0:1 | 7% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 36 | 18.4:1 | 7% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 6% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 728 | 35 | 20.8:1 | 2% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 271 | 13 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crofton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (689 to 621); teachers unchanged (40.5 to 40.3).
About Crofton Elementary
The public elementary school Crofton Elementary is located in Crofton, Maryland. Enrollment is 621 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 29% larger than average.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which runs Crofton Elementary, has 125 schools and 85,029 students.
A majority of students at Crofton Elementary, 54%, are White. Next come 19% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Asian. The county population is about 63% White. Crofton Elementary has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Crofton Elementary counts 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.4 students for each one. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is lower than this school's figure. About 18% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 42% for public schools in Anne Arundel County.
The allk12 Grade for Crofton Elementary is B+. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 63.7% at Crofton Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.0%.
Anne Arundel County has about 598,166 residents, and median household income is about $124,911, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County, with a combined enrollment of about 85,074.
Crofton Meadows Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Crofton Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 653 to 621.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Crofton Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Crofton
- Crofton Woods ElementaryElementary · 742 students
- Nantucket ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Crofton Meadows ElementaryElementary · 544 students
Other Crofton Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Crofton Elementary. Crofton Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Crofton Elementary SchoolCrofton, KY · 378 students
- CROFTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCROFTON, NE · 193 students
Nearby schools
- Crofton Meadows Elementary1.0 mi · 544
- Crofton Woods Elementary1.1 mi · 742
- Crofton High School1.4 mi · 1,906
- Nantucket Elementary1.5 mi · 675
- Crofton Middle1.5 mi · 1,345
- Two Rivers Elementary School2.1 mi · 562
Frequently asked questions
About Crofton ElementaryHow large is Crofton Elementary?
Crofton Elementary enrolls approximately 621 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Crofton Elementary serve?
Crofton Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crofton Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crofton Elementary is approximately 15.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Crofton Elementary?
Crofton Elementary reports a student body of 54% White, 11% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Crofton Elementary?
Crofton 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.