Freetown Elementary

Freetown Elementary is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Glen Burnie, Maryland, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, enrolling 530 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (85,029 students total), Freetown Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Freetown Elementary reports that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 28% Hispanic, 21% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Freetown Elementary reports 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Freetown Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Freetown Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Anne Arundel County) reports that median household earnings sit near $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Anne Arundel County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), Freetown Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Marley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Freetown Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 530 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 35% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Freetown Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.