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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Glen Burnie Park Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
555
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000076
Glen Burnie Park Elementary
500 Marlboro Rd, Glen Burnie, MD 21061 · (410) 766-9220 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- A-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
11.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
426 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 | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
71%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
45.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
35.4%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 37.4% |
% 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Glen Burnie Park Elementary
Glen Burnie Park Elementary's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Burnie Park Elementary this school | 555 | 76.8% | 39.0% |
| Hilltop Elementary Glen Burnie | 521 | 81.4% | 27.1% |
| Freetown Elementary Glen Burnie | 530 | 72.1% | 40.8% |
| Marley Elementary Glen Burnie | 618 | 71.7% | 35.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary Frederick | 615 | 81.0% | 46.3% |
| Sussex Elementary Baltimore | 475 | 78.9% | 27.5% |
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 Glen Burnie Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #486 of 853 | #51 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #504 of 853 ▼ 67 | #50 of 80 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #483 of 853 ▲ 65 | #52 of 80 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #276 of 898 | #24 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #164 of 857 | #26 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #141 of 857 | #20 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #207 of 885 | #16 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #292 of 294 | #32 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
555
+37 (+7%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 555 | 46.6 | 11.9:1 | 77% (426) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 43.2 | 11.6:1 | 77% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 37.3 | 13.1:1 | 77% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 69% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 36.1 | 15.3:1 | 57% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 64% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 52% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 31% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 21 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glen Burnie Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (554 to 555); teachers up 29% (36.1 to 46.6).
About Glen Burnie Park Elementary
Glen Burnie Park Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The school counts 555 students across pre-K through 5.
The 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools enroll 85,029 students altogether, Glen Burnie Park Elementary among them.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Glen Burnie Park Elementary, 34% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 34% Black, 24% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Anne Arundel County, the Hispanic share is about 11%. The chance that two students picked at random at Glen Burnie Park Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
Glen Burnie Park Elementary's 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 77%. That is higher than the 42% average for public schools in Anne Arundel County.
Glen Burnie Park Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Glen Burnie Park Elementary is 10.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (39.0% versus 28.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Anne Arundel County show that median household income is about $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County, with a combined enrollment of about 85,074.
Nearest public school: Oakwood Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Glen Burnie Park Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Glen Burnie Park Elementary at 2nd of 8.
Federal data place Glen Burnie Park Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 518 in 2020-21 and 555 in 2024-25, a increase of 37 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.4:1 to 11.9:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Glen Burnie Park Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Oakwood Elementary0.5 mi · 309
- Rippling Woods Elementary0.9 mi · 702
- Corkran Middle School1.0 mi · 553
- Quarterfield Elementary1.1 mi · 544
- Woodside Elementary1.1 mi · 330
- Old Mill Middle North1.2 mi · 958
Frequently asked questions
About Glen Burnie Park ElementaryHow large is Glen Burnie Park Elementary?
Glen Burnie Park Elementary enrolls approximately 555 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Glen Burnie Park Elementary serve?
Glen Burnie Park Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glen Burnie Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glen Burnie Park Elementary is approximately 11.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glen Burnie Park Elementary?
At Glen Burnie Park Elementary, the student body is approximately 24% White, 34% Hispanic, 34% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Glen Burnie Park Elementary public or private?
Glen Burnie Park 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.