Total enrollment
85,029
+1,985 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
128 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Maryland · 85,029 students · 27 cities
Public K-12 education in Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs across 128 schools with combined enrollment of about 85,029 students, averaging 664 per school.
4-year change in Anne Arundel County Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
125
+3 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Anne Arundel County Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Maryland | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #9 of 24 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 85,029 | #4 of 24 | #38 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 125 | #5 of 24 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #11 of 24 | #4,333 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 42.2% | #16 of 24 | #5,257 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #5 of 23 | #428 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Anne Arundel County Public Schools
State test results across the district's 113 scored schools run from West Annapolis Elementary at 80.6% proficient to Annapolis Elementary at 17.3%, a gap of 63.4 points. That is the 4th widest gap among 24 Maryland districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 119 district schools that reported both years went from 82,528 to 80,072 students (down 3%) and from 5,430 to 5,764 full-time teachers (up 6%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Anne Arundel County Public Schools is a wide-reaching public-school district in Maryland. The district operates 128 schools and enrolls approximately 85,029 students.
On the school-mix side, Anne Arundel County Public Schools comprises 84 elementary, 19 middle, 19 high schools, and 6 combined or other.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 85,029 students, stayed largely flat from the 83,044 reported in SY 2020-21. Over that span, Anne Arundel County Public Schools added 3 schools, going from 122 to 125.
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