High Point Elementary

High Point Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus in Pasadena, Maryland, run under Anne Arundel County Public Schools. The school serves 665 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 38% bigger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs 125 schools in total, collectively educating 85,029 students. High Point Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, High Point Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, High Point Elementary has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Anne Arundel County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), High Point Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.9%, the actual is 33.1%, a residual of -6.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Anne Arundel County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,911 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Anne Arundel County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), of which High Point Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Northeast High, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), High Point Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. High Point Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 680 (now 665). The White share of enrollment declined from 69% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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