Davidsonville Elementary

Located at 962 Central Ave West, in Davidsonville, Maryland, Davidsonville Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that enrolls 689 students (grades K through 5), run under Anne Arundel County Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Davidsonville Elementary sits 43% above that benchmark.

Within Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which oversees 125 schools and 85,029 students, Davidsonville Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Davidsonville Elementary reports that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 8% 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 below Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Davidsonville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.3%, the actual is 68.3%, a residual of -1.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Anne Arundel County) reports that median household earnings sit near $124,911, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Anne Arundel County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), Davidsonville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Southern High, roughly 3.6 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Davidsonville Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

Davidsonville Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Davidsonville Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 684 students in 2018 to 689 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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