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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000067
Folger Mckinsey Elementary
175 Arundel Beach Road, Severna Park, MD 21146 · (410) 222-6560 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% 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.
- B+Beats 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
18.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
49 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 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
32%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
87.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +9.3pp since 2023
Math
76.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.8% | 76.4% |
| 2023-24 | 78.5% | 75.0% |
% 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
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Folger Mckinsey Elementary
Folger Mckinsey Elementary's state test result (79.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Mckinsey Elementary this school | 644 | 7.6% | 79.4% |
| Davidsonville Elementary Davidsonville | 689 | 8.3% | 68.3% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Severna Park | 628 | 9.7% | 74.0% |
| Freedom District Elementary Sykesville | 627 | 12.4% | 72.5% |
| Jacksonville Elementary Phoenix | 533 | 7.7% | 79.4% |
| Benfield Elementary Severna Park | 500 | 8.2% | 79.5% |
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 Folger Mckinsey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #36 of 853 | #3 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #44 of 853 ▲ 11 | #4 of 80 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #15 of 853 ▲ 42 | #4 of 80 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #155 of 898 | #13 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #838 of 857 | #81 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #705 of 857 | #74 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.6% | #874 of 885 | #81 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #236 of 294 | #26 of 32 |
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
644
+68 (+12%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 644 | 35.7 | 18.0:1 | 8% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 38.4 | 16.3:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 33.4 | 18.7:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 35 | 17.7:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 4% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 26 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Folger Mckinsey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (625 to 644); teachers up 7% (33.4 to 35.7).
About Folger Mckinsey Elementary
Folger Mckinsey Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Severna Park, Maryland, under Anne Arundel County Public Schools. It reports enrollment of 644 students in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 34% larger than the 481-student average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools counts 85,029 students in its 125 schools, and Folger Mckinsey Elementary is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Folger Mckinsey Elementary is 82% White. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 18 points above the 63% share among Anne Arundel County residents. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at Folger Mckinsey Elementary are from different groups.
For every teacher at Folger Mckinsey Elementary, there are about 18.0 students; the school has 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 8%. Public schools in Anne Arundel County average 42%.
Folger Mckinsey Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The model predicts 69.7% for a school in Maryland with Folger Mckinsey Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Folger Mckinsey Elementary posts 79.4%.
Looking at the county, Anne Arundel County, 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%. The county has 129 public schools and about 85,074 students.
Measured in a straight line, Severna Park Elementary is about 0.9 miles from Folger Mckinsey Elementary. The five-mile area around Folger Mckinsey Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Folger Mckinsey Elementary comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Folger Mckinsey Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 576 to 644, a 12% rise. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.0:1 to 18.0:1.
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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 Severna Park
- Severna Park HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Severna Park MiddleMiddle · 1,386 students
- Oak Hill ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Benfield ElementaryElementary · 500 students
- Anne Arundel Evening HighHigh · 439 students
- Severna Park ElementaryElementary · 372 students
Nearby schools
- Severna Park Elementary0.9 mi · 372
- Anne Arundel Evening High1.2 mi · 439
- Severna Park High1.3 mi · 1,842
- Oak Hill Elementary1.7 mi · 628
- Jones Elementary1.7 mi · 334
- AACPS Virtual Academy2.1 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Folger Mckinsey ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Folger Mckinsey Elementary?
Folger Mckinsey Elementary enrolls approximately 644 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Folger Mckinsey Elementary serve?
Folger Mckinsey Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Folger Mckinsey Elementary?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Folger Mckinsey Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Folger Mckinsey Elementary?
At Folger Mckinsey Elementary, the student body is approximately 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Folger Mckinsey Elementary public or private?
Folger Mckinsey Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
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