Maryland City Elementary

Maryland City Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary schools in Laurel, Maryland, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, with 450 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 85,029 students; Maryland City Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Maryland City Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 38% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Maryland City Elementary shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 80% of students at Maryland City Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Anne Arundel County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Maryland City Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.0%, the actual is 33.3%, a residual of +6.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Anne Arundel County shows 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%. Maryland City Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students).

Nearest neighbor: Brock Bridge Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maryland City Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Maryland City Elementary's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 450). Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On this page, members of the Maryland City Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.