Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000071
George T. Cromwell Elementary
221 Olen Drive, Glen Burnie, MD 21061 · (410) 787-6100 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+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
10.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
261 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
67%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
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
40.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.7pp since 2023
Math
40.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +15.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 40.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 24.3% |
% 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 George T. Cromwell Elementary
George T. Cromwell Elementary's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George T. Cromwell Elementary this school | 395 | 66.1% | 38.1% |
| Orems Elementary Baltimore | 402 | 66.4% | 47.1% |
| Charlesmont Elementary Baltimore | 373 | 69.4% | 45.8% |
| Lothian Elementary Lothian | 457 | 61.7% | 46.4% |
| Traceys Elementary Traceys Landing | 448 | 60.5% | 44.5% |
| Point Pleasant Elementary Glen Burnie | 486 | 71.2% | 38.7% |
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 George T. Cromwell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #497 of 853 | #54 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #427 of 853 ▲ 200 | #43 of 80 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #561 of 853 ▼ 164 | #61 of 80 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #604 of 898 | #60 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #72 of 857 | #14 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #258 of 857 | #33 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #325 of 885 | #26 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.0% | #46 of 294 | #2 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
395
+62 (+19%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 395 | 36.4 | 10.8:1 | 66% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 33 | 11.0:1 | 69% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 29.1 | 12.4:1 | 64% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 28 | 11.9:1 | 59% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 21.9 | 14.2:1 | 44% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 51% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 242 | 16 | 15.1:1 | 48% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 255 | 19 | 13.4:1 | 20% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 30 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George T. Cromwell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (311 to 395); teachers up 66% (21.9 to 36.4).
About George T. Cromwell Elementary
George T. Cromwell Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Glen Burnie, Maryland. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 395 students enrolled.
George T. Cromwell Elementary is part of a district of 125 schools: Anne Arundel County Public Schools, with 85,029 students.
No group is above 50% at George T. Cromwell Elementary; the largest is White, at 43%. Other reported shares: 36% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Anne Arundel County's residents are about 63% White, 21 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Teacher count: 36.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.8:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 3.0 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 66%. The average for public schools in Anne Arundel County is 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, George T. Cromwell Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 43% of Maryland public elementary schools.
George T. Cromwell Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.1%, compared with a predicted 35.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Anne Arundel County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $124,911, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 129 public schools in the county, enrolling about 85,074, George T. Cromwell Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, Hilltop Elementary is closest at about 0.5 miles. George T. Cromwell Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, George T. Cromwell Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 19% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.8:1.
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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 Glen Burnie
- Glen Burnie HighHigh · 2,226 students
- North County HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Marley MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Rippling Woods ElementaryElementary · 702 students
- Monarch AcademyElementary · 687 students
- Solley ElementaryElementary · 674 students
Nearby schools
- Hilltop Elementary0.5 mi · 521
- North Glen Elementary0.7 mi · 278
- Ferndale Early Education Center0.7 mi · 130
- North County High0.7 mi · 2,161
- Richard Henry Lee Elementary1.7 mi · 378
- Linthicum Elementary1.7 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About George T. Cromwell ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at George T. Cromwell Elementary?
George T. Cromwell Elementary enrolls approximately 395 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does George T. Cromwell Elementary serve?
George T. Cromwell Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at George T. Cromwell Elementary?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at George T. Cromwell Elementary.
What is the student diversity at George T. Cromwell Elementary?
Student demographics at George T. Cromwell Elementary are roughly 43% White, 36% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is George T. Cromwell Elementary in?
George T. Cromwell Elementary is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
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