Lake Shore Elementary

Lake Shore Elementary is a primary school of low-enrollment scale in Pasadena, Maryland, part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, hosting 280 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Across the 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (85,029 students total), Lake Shore Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lake Shore Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lake Shore Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Anne Arundel County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Lake Shore Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Anne Arundel County put median household earnings sit near $124,911, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Lake Shore Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students).

Chesapeake High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lake Shore Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Lake Shore Elementary's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 324 (now 280). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.