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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Edgewater Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000065
Edgewater Elementary
121 Washington Rd, Edgewater, MD 21037 · (410) 956-0830 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
222 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 | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
54%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
64.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.2% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 51.7% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Edgewater Elementary
Edgewater Elementary's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewater Elementary this school | 577 | 38.5% | 57.7% |
| William Winchester Elementary Westminster | 587 | 40.0% | 63.5% |
| Ocean City Elementary Ocean City | 566 | 37.8% | 78.1% |
| Valley Elementary Jefferson | 525 | 30.9% | 54.5% |
| Carroll Manor Elementary Adamstown | 530 | 30.9% | 54.7% |
| Sunset Elementary Pasadena | 520 | 41.3% | 41.5% |
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 Edgewater Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #245 of 853 | #27 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #295 of 853 ▼ 30 | #25 of 80 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #223 of 853 ▼ 43 | #29 of 80 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #243 of 898 | #19 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #592 of 857 | #63 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #468 of 857 | #52 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #631 of 885 | #46 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #491 of 551 | #41 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
577
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 577 | 38.4 | 15.0:1 | 38% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 38.7 | 14.3:1 | 38% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 37.1 | 15.6:1 | 40% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 563 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 34% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 35.3 | 16.8:1 | 32% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 35% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 24% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 15% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 24 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgewater Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (593 to 577); teachers up 9% (35.3 to 38.4).
About Edgewater Elementary
Edgewater Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Edgewater, Maryland. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 577 students in 2024-25.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools is responsible for 125 schools, Edgewater Elementary included, with 85,029 students in all.
The largest group at Edgewater Elementary is White students, at 61%. Smaller groups are 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Anne Arundel County residents are about 63% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
On staff are 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Edgewater Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 38%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 51.5% at Edgewater Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.7%.
The school is in Anne Arundel County, where the median household earns about $124,911 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Anne Arundel County, 129 public schools serve about 85,074 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Central Elementary, is about 1.0 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Edgewater Elementary is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 563 students in 2020-21 and 577 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
The Edgewater Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Edgewater
- South River HighHigh · 1,680 students
- Central MiddleMiddle · 1,204 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- Mayo ElementaryElementary · 351 students
- Central Special SchoolCombined · 109 students
- Center of Applied Technology-SouthHigh
Other Edgewater Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Edgewater Elementary. Edgewater Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Edgewater ElementaryMarysville, CA · 540 students
- Edgewater Elementary SchoolEDGEWATER, CO · 335 students
- Edgewater Elementary SchoolToledo, OH · 124 students
Nearby schools
- Central Elementary1.0 mi · 566
- Central Special School1.1 mi · 109
- South River High1.1 mi · 1,680
- Central Middle1.3 mi · 1,204
- Annapolis High2.6 mi · 2,075
- Annapolis Middle2.8 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About Edgewater ElementaryHow large is Edgewater Elementary?
Edgewater Elementary enrolls approximately 577 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Edgewater Elementary serve?
Edgewater Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Edgewater Elementary have?
Edgewater Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Edgewater Elementary?
Student demographics at Edgewater Elementary are roughly 61% White, 29% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Edgewater Elementary?
Edgewater Elementary is overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Anne Arundel County.
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