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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000098
Meade Heights Elementary
1925 Reece Road, Ft. Meade, MD 20755 · (410) 222-6509 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
325 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
4
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 | 69 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
59%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
43.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
39.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 39.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 27.8% |
% 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Meade Heights Elementary
Meade Heights Elementary's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meade Heights Elementary this school | 494 | 65.8% | 35.1% |
| Indian Head Elementary School Indian Head | 443 | 63.0% | 26.4% |
| Edmondson Heights Elementary Baltimore | 556 | 70.1% | 28.6% |
| Bedford Elementary Baltimore | 586 | 64.5% | 41.1% |
| Northview Elementary Bowie | 587 | 62.5% | 33.2% |
| Hebbville Elementary Baltimore | 474 | 68.1% | 34.9% |
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 Meade Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #540 of 853 | #58 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #436 of 853 ▲ 139 | #45 of 80 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #507 of 853 ▲ 162 | #54 of 80 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #390 of 898 | #40 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #323 of 857 | #40 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #395 of 857 | #47 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.8% | #331 of 885 | #28 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.0% | #41 of 294 | #1 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
494
+80 (+19%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 494 | 37.4 | 13.2:1 | 66% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 26.8 | 16.4:1 | 52% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 29.4 | 12.6:1 | 50% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 35 | 11.8:1 | 52% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 54% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 30 | 11.7:1 | 66% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 70% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 626 | 32 | 19.6:1 | 38% (240) |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 17 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meade Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (380 to 494); teachers up 25% (30 to 37.4).
About Meade Heights Elementary
Among the schools in Ft. Meade, Maryland, is Meade Heights Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 494 students, in pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools totals 85,029 students.
Roughly 61% of students at Meade Heights Elementary are Black. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Anne Arundel County residents are about 18% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Meade Heights Elementary was 13.2:1. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland fairly closely. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 66%. Among public schools in Anne Arundel County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
allk12 grades Meade Heights Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Meade Heights Elementary is -0.2 points: 35.1% actual, 35.3% predicted.
Federal survey data for Anne Arundel County show that the median household income is $124,911, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Anne Arundel County is home to 129 public schools and about 85,074 public school students.
The closest other public school is Van Bokkelen Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Meade Heights Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Meade Heights Elementary at 5th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 80 more students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.2:1) than in 2020-21 (11.8:1).
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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
Nearby schools
- Van Bokkelen Elementary0.6 mi · 471
- Meade High1.1 mi · 2,045
- Meade Middle1.1 mi · 697
- Seven Oaks Elementary1.1 mi · 506
- Manor View Elementary1.3 mi · 374
- MacArthur Middle1.5 mi · 992
Frequently asked questions
About Meade Heights ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Meade Heights Elementary?
Meade Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Meade Heights Elementary serve?
Meade Heights Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Meade Heights Elementary?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Meade Heights Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Meade Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at Meade Heights Elementary are roughly 9% White, 18% Hispanic, 61% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Meade Heights Elementary in?
Meade Heights Elementary is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.