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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000077
Glendale Elementary
105 Carroll Rd, Glen Burnie, MD 21060 · (410) 787-1410 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B-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.
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
9.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
337 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 | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
65%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
50.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
34.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 51 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.5% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.1% | 36.0% |
% 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Glendale Elementary
Glendale Elementary's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale Elementary this school | 438 | 76.9% | 41.1% |
| Berkshire Elementary Baltimore | 514 | 73.3% | 21.4% |
| Baltimore Highlands Elementary Baltimore | 461 | 76.4% | 20.5% |
| Richard Henry Lee Elementary Glen Burnie | 378 | 75.4% | 26.6% |
| Germantown Elementary Annapolis | 467 | 75.6% | 29.6% |
| Brooklyn Park Elementary Baltimore | 463 | 83.8% | 23.8% |
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 Glendale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #464 of 853 | #48 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #511 of 853 ▼ 52 | #52 of 80 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #414 of 853 ▲ 48 | #47 of 80 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #527 of 898 | #54 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #7 of 857 | #3 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #292 of 857 | #34 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #204 of 885 | #15 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #172 of 294 | #18 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
438
+35 (+9%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 438 | 46 | 9.5:1 | 77% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 44.2 | 9.1:1 | 74% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 39.8 | 10.1:1 | 71% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 41 | 9.8:1 | 67% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 36 | 11.4:1 | 56% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 36 | 11.7:1 | 61% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 52% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 24% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 22 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glendale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (409 to 438); teachers up 28% (36 to 46).
About Glendale Elementary
Glendale Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Enrollment totals 438 students across pre-K through 5.
Glendale Elementary is one of 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which enrolls 85,029 students in total.
About 46% of students at Glendale Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% White, 15% Black, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 11%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Its ratio of 9.5:1 is based on 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Anne Arundel County, the average is 42%.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Glendale Elementary outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Glendale Elementary are 12.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (41.1% actual, 28.7% predicted).
The school is in Anne Arundel County, where 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%. Glendale Elementary shares Anne Arundel County with 128 other public schools.
Glendale Elementary's nearest public school is Glen Burnie High (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Glendale Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Glendale 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.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Glendale Elementary had a net gain of 35 students, or 9%.
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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
Other Glendale Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Glendale Elementary. Glendale Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Glendale ElementarySAVAGE, MN · 522 students
- GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTONAWANDA, NY · 443 students
- Glendale ElementaryNashville, TN · 433 students
- GLENDALE ELEM.INDEPENDENCE, MO · 417 students
- GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVERO BEACH, FL · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Glen Burnie High0.4 mi · 2,226
- Richard Henry Lee Elementary1.1 mi · 378
- Marley Middle1.1 mi · 991
- Point Pleasant Elementary1.2 mi · 486
- Corkran Middle School1.3 mi · 553
- Marley Elementary1.4 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About Glendale ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Glendale Elementary?
Glendale Elementary enrolls approximately 438 students in grades PK-05.
Is Glendale Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glendale Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glendale Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glendale Elementary is approximately 9.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Glendale Elementary?
Glendale Elementary reports a student body of 33% White, 46% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Glendale Elementary public or private?
Glendale Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
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