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What's one thing Crofton Meadows Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006001517
Crofton Meadows Elementary
2020 Tilghman Dr, Crofton, MD 21114 · (410) 721-9453 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest 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
15.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
131 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 | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
70%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
64.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.8pp since 2023
Math
43.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.6% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 48.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Meadows Elementary
Crofton Meadows Elementary's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crofton Meadows Elementary this school | 544 | 24.1% | 52.5% |
| Clemens Crossing Elementary Columbia | 481 | 23.7% | 68.2% |
| Piney Orchard Elementary Odenton | 538 | 27.9% | 60.9% |
| Emmorton Elementary Bel Air | 584 | 22.6% | 71.8% |
| Olney Elementary Olney | 585 | 22.4% | 68.4% |
| Crofton Elementary Crofton | 621 | 17.7% | 66.0% |
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 Meadows Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #309 of 853 | #33 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #384 of 853 ▼ 76 | #38 of 80 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #218 of 853 ▲ 94 | #28 of 80 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #287 of 898 | #28 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #672 of 857 | #73 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #189 of 857 | #27 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.1% | #757 of 885 | #59 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #510 of 551 | #46 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
544
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 544 | 34.6 | 15.7:1 | 24% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 37.1 | 15.2:1 | 25% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 33.8 | 17.0:1 | 23% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 19% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 32.4 | 17.1:1 | 16% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 17% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 18% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 6% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 24 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crofton Meadows Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (555 to 544); teachers up 7% (32.4 to 34.6).
About Crofton Meadows Elementary
Crofton Meadows Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Crofton, Maryland, (ZIP code 21114). School enrollment was 544 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which runs Crofton Meadows Elementary, has 125 schools and 85,029 students.
Crofton Meadows Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Black, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 9% Asian. In Anne Arundel County overall, about 63% of residents are White. Crofton Meadows Elementary's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Crofton Meadows Elementary was 15.7:1. This ratio sits 1.9 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 24%. Across public schools in Anne Arundel County, the average is 42%.
Crofton Meadows Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 40% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Crofton Meadows Elementary is 7.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 52.5% actual, 60.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
Federal survey data for Anne Arundel County show that the median household income is $124,911, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County, enrolling about 85,074 students in all.
Crofton High School is located about 1.0 miles from Crofton Meadows Elementary. The five-mile area around Crofton Meadows Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Crofton Meadows Elementary comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Crofton Meadows Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 544, a 3% gain from 527 in 2020-21.
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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 ElementaryElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Crofton High School1.0 mi · 1,906
- Crofton Elementary1.0 mi · 621
- Nantucket Elementary1.1 mi · 675
- Crofton Middle1.3 mi · 1,345
- Crofton Woods Elementary1.8 mi · 742
- Four Seasons Elementary2.9 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Crofton Meadows ElementaryHow many students attend Crofton Meadows Elementary?
Crofton Meadows Elementary enrolls approximately 544 students in grades PK-05.
Is Crofton Meadows Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crofton Meadows Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Crofton Meadows Elementary have?
Crofton Meadows Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Crofton Meadows Elementary?
Student demographics at Crofton Meadows Elementary are roughly 47% White, 12% Hispanic, 21% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Crofton Meadows Elementary in?
Crofton Meadows Elementary is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.