Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000084
Jones Elementary
122 Hoyle Ln, Severna Park, MD 21146 · (410) 222-6565 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
53 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 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
48%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
80.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
61.9%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.9% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 59.5% |
% 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
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Jones Elementary
Jones Elementary's state test result (70.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Elementary this school | 334 | 15.9% | 70.6% |
| Kingsville Elementary Kingsville | 326 | 19.3% | 75.1% |
| Belmont Elementary Olney | 343 | 16.3% | 67.5% |
| Millersville Elementary Millersville | 386 | 20.7% | 55.1% |
| Seventh District Elementary Parkton | 346 | 14.5% | 72.3% |
| Mayo Elementary Edgewater | 351 | 17.4% | 64.0% |
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 Jones Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #94 of 853 | #8 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #174 of 853 ▲ 11 | #16 of 80 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #51 of 853 ▼ 3 | #9 of 80 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #706 of 898 | #68 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #440 of 857 | #47 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #542 of 857 | #59 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #825 of 885 | #73 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #275 of 294 | #28 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
334
+42 (+14%) vs 2020
+137% since 1990-91, when it was 141
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 334 | 23.9 | 14.0:1 | 16% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 21.8 | 14.2:1 | 17% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 16% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 22 | 13.3:1 | 10% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 22.1 | 14.9:1 | 8% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 9% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 8% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 276 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 5% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 141 | 8 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (330 to 334); teachers up 8% (22.1 to 23.9).
About Jones Elementary
Jones Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Severna Park, Maryland. Enrollment stands at 334 students, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 31% below the average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Jones Elementary reports to Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which has 125 schools and 85,029 students.
The student body at Jones Elementary is 71% White. After that, the student body is 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% Asian. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Jones Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Jones Elementary comes to 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 13.8:1. On the income side, 16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Anne Arundel County averages 42%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Jones Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The model predicts 64.8% for a school in Maryland with Jones Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Jones Elementary posts 70.6%.
Anne Arundel County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $124,911 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Jones Elementary shares Anne Arundel County with 128 other public schools.
Severna Park Elementary sits about 1.2 miles from Jones Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Jones Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Jones Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 42 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Jones Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Severna Park
- Severna Park HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Severna Park MiddleMiddle · 1,386 students
- Folger Mckinsey ElementaryElementary · 644 students
- Oak Hill ElementaryElementary · 628 students
- Benfield ElementaryElementary · 500 students
- Anne Arundel Evening HighHigh · 439 students
Other Jones Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Jones Elementary. Jones Elementary is the 10th largest of the 13.
- Jones Elementary SchoolBremen, GA · 750 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 662 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 553 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolJones, OK · 553 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Severna Park Elementary1.2 mi · 372
- AACPS Virtual Academy1.2 mi · 384
- Magothy River Middle1.2 mi · 655
- Severn River Middle1.2 mi · 675
- Folger Mckinsey Elementary1.7 mi · 644
- Anne Arundel Evening High1.8 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Jones ElementaryHow many students attend Jones Elementary?
Jones Elementary enrolls approximately 334 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Jones Elementary serve?
Jones Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Jones Elementary?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Jones Elementary.
How diverse is Jones Elementary?
Jones Elementary reports a student body of 71% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Jones Elementary public or private?
Jones 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.