Folger Mckinsey Elementary

Folger Mckinsey Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community in Severna Park, Maryland, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. The school teaches 644 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Folger Mckinsey Elementary sits 34% above that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Folger Mckinsey Elementary shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Folger Mckinsey Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Folger Mckinsey Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 8% of students at Folger Mckinsey Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, Folger Mckinsey Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Anne Arundel County put the typical household earns roughly $124,911 per year, 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 Folger Mckinsey Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Severna Park Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Folger Mckinsey Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 66.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 625 students in 2018 compared to 644 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.