Crofton Elementary

Crofton Elementary is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Crofton, Maryland, run under Anne Arundel County Public Schools, serveing 621 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 29% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Crofton Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Asian. By comparison, Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 18% of students at Crofton Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crofton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.0%.

Around the school, Anne Arundel County reports that median household income runs about $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 Crofton Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Crofton Meadows Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crofton Elementary. On composite proficiency, Crofton Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 689 students in 2018 compared to 621 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 64% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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