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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000069
Four Seasons Elementary
979 Waugh Chapel Rd, Gambrills, MD 21054 · (410) 222-6501 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% 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.
- C+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
16.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
108 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 | 64 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
70%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
80.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +17.5pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +21.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.6% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.1% | 48.0% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Four Seasons Elementary
Four Seasons Elementary's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Seasons Elementary this school | 667 | 16.2% | 65.2% |
| Crofton Elementary Crofton | 621 | 17.7% | 66.0% |
| Atholton Elementary Columbia | 516 | 15.9% | 62.3% |
| Crofton Woods Elementary Crofton | 742 | 13.3% | 65.5% |
| Sligo Creek Elementary Silver Spring | 632 | 22.5% | 61.4% |
| Poolesville Elementary Poolesville | 576 | 16.5% | 68.7% |
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 Four Seasons Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #155 of 853 | #17 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #99 of 853 ▲ 208 | #6 of 80 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #53 of 853 ▲ 151 | #11 of 80 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #126 of 898 | #8 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #716 of 857 | #75 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #191 of 857 | #28 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.2% | #822 of 885 | #72 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #501 of 551 | #43 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
667
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 667 | 41.4 | 16.1:1 | 16% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 656 | 44.1 | 14.9:1 | 17% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 671 | 41.7 | 16.1:1 | 16% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 11% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 38.1 | 17.9:1 | 13% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 33 | 18.1:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 17% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 33 | 21.3:1 | 7% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 646 | 30 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Four Seasons Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (683 to 667); teachers up 9% (38.1 to 41.4).
About Four Seasons Elementary
Four Seasons Elementary is a public elementary school run by Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Gambrills, Maryland. It reports enrollment of 667 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 39% larger than the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Four Seasons Elementary is a school in Anne Arundel County Public Schools. The district has 125 schools and 85,029 students.
The student body at Four Seasons Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 48%. The remaining shares are 21% Black, 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 8% Asian. Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland, 13.8:1, is lower. Of all students at Four Seasons Elementary, 16% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Anne Arundel County.
On the allk12 Grade, Four Seasons Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 67% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Four Seasons Elementary is +0.6 points: 65.2% actual, 64.6% predicted.
For Anne Arundel County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $124,911 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 129 public schools and about 85,074 students.
Four Seasons Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Waugh Chapel Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Four Seasons Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Four Seasons Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 667, close to the 665 recorded in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Four Seasons Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Gambrills
- Crofton High SchoolHigh · 1,906 students
- Arundel HighHigh · 1,778 students
- Crofton MiddleMiddle · 1,345 students
Other Four Seasons Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Four Seasons Elementary. Four Seasons Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Four Seasons ElementarySAINT PAUL, MN · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Waugh Chapel Elementary0.8 mi · 549
- Arundel Middle1.3 mi · 1,312
- Arundel High1.4 mi · 1,778
- Piney Orchard Elementary1.4 mi · 538
- Nantucket Elementary1.8 mi · 675
- Odenton Elementary2.1 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Four Seasons ElementaryHow large is Four Seasons Elementary?
Four Seasons Elementary enrolls approximately 667 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Four Seasons Elementary serve?
Four Seasons Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Four Seasons Elementary?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Four Seasons Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Four Seasons Elementary?
At Four Seasons Elementary, the student body is approximately 48% White, 10% Hispanic, 21% Black, 8% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Four Seasons Elementary public or private?
Four Seasons Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.