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How has Crofton Woods Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
742
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000061
Crofton Woods Elementary
1750 Urby Dr, Crofton, MD 21114 · (410) 222-5805 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL742 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- CBeats 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
16.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
99 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
56%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
78.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
57.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 79 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.8% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 54.8% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Woods Elementary
Crofton Woods Elementary's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crofton Woods Elementary this school | 742 | 13.3% | 65.5% |
| Blue Heron Elementary New Market | 680 | 8.5% | 80.8% |
| Broadneck Elementary Arnold | 652 | 17.5% | 67.9% |
| Stoneleigh Elementary Baltimore | 645 | 18.4% | 76.1% |
| Crofton Elementary Crofton | 621 | 17.7% | 66.0% |
| Carrolltowne Elementary Sykesville | 593 | 14.5% | 73.3% |
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 Woods Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #149 of 853 | #16 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #215 of 853 ▲ 24 | #17 of 80 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #63 of 853 ▲ 57 | #13 of 80 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 742 | #67 of 898 | #2 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #781 of 857 | #77 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #449 of 857 | #49 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #843 of 885 | #75 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #544 of 551 | #49 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
742
+27 (+4%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 742 | 44.1 | 16.8:1 | 13% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 46.7 | 16.0:1 | 13% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 42.1 | 17.4:1 | 14% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 42 | 17.0:1 | 8% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 744 | 40.7 | 18.3:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 37 | 18.2:1 | 6% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 6% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 640 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 33 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crofton Woods Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (744 to 742); teachers up 8% (40.7 to 44.1).
About Crofton Woods Elementary
Crofton Woods Elementary is a large elementary school with its address in Crofton, Maryland. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 742 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Maryland enroll about 481 students on average.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools serves 85,029 students across 125 schools.
Of every 100 students at Crofton Woods Elementary, about 64 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Among Anne Arundel County residents, the White share is about 63%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Crofton Woods Elementary scores 56%.
Based on 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Crofton Woods Elementary has a ratio of 16.8:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 3.0 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 13%. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in Anne Arundel County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Crofton Woods Elementary lands at B, ahead of 64% of Maryland public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Crofton Woods Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 65.5% actual against 66.3% predicted.
For Anne Arundel County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $124,911, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 129 public schools and about 85,074 students.
Crofton Woods Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Crofton Elementary, about 1.1 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 Woods Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Crofton Woods Elementary is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
- Nantucket ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Crofton ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Crofton Meadows ElementaryElementary · 544 students
Nearby schools
- Crofton Elementary1.1 mi · 621
- Crofton Middle1.3 mi · 1,345
- Crofton High School1.4 mi · 1,906
- Crofton Meadows Elementary1.8 mi · 544
- Yorktown Elementary2.2 mi · 396
- Chapel Forge E C C2.4 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Crofton Woods ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Crofton Woods Elementary?
Crofton Woods Elementary enrolls approximately 742 students in grades KG-05.
Is Crofton Woods Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crofton Woods Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Crofton Woods Elementary?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Crofton Woods Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Crofton Woods Elementary?
Student demographics at Crofton Woods Elementary are roughly 64% White, 10% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Crofton Woods Elementary in?
Crofton Woods 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.