Edgewater Elementary

As an average-sized K-5 school in Edgewater, Maryland, Edgewater Elementary instructs 577 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs 125 schools in total, collectively educating 85,029 students. Edgewater Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Edgewater Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Anne Arundel County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Edgewater Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Edgewater Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 57.7%, a residual of +6.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Anne Arundel County shows median household income runs about $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Anne Arundel County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), of which Edgewater Elementary is one.

Central Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edgewater Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Edgewater Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 593 students in 2018 compared to 577 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 23% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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