Germantown Elementary

Germantown Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school in Annapolis, Maryland, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. The school hosts 467 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Germantown Elementary is one of 125 schools operated by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, a district that serves 85,029 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Germantown Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% White, 19% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Germantown Elementary shows 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Anne Arundel County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Germantown Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.5%; this one delivers 29.6%.

In the area at large, census data for Anne Arundel County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,911 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Germantown Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students).

The closest other public school is Phoenix Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. 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), Germantown Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 549 students in 2018 compared to 467 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 17% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Germantown Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.