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Crofton High School
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout Crofton High School
Crofton High School, a substantial high school in Gambrills, Maryland, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, caters to 1,906 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 61% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.
Within Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which oversees 125 schools and 85,029 students, Crofton High School is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Crofton High School logs that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 22% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Crofton High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.1%.
In the surrounding community, 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 Crofton High School is one.
Crofton Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Crofton High School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.
Crofton High School operates from a residential location.
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