Meade High

Meade High, a substantial high school in Ft Meade, Maryland, one of the schools within Anne Arundel County Public Schools, caters to 2,045 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 73% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

Within Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which oversees 125 schools and 85,029 students, Meade High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Meade High reports that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 10% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 129 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages about 15.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Anne Arundel County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Meade High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.8%, the actual is 32.2%, a residual of -10.6 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Anne Arundel County put median household earnings sit near $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Anne Arundel County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), of which Meade High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Meade Middle, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Meade High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 3%: 1,978 students in 2018 compared to 2,045 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 22% to 32% over that span.

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