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Enrollment
634
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006001744
Monarch Academy Annapolis ES
2000 Capital Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401 · (410) 934-1444 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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.
- ·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
11.6:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
468 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 119 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
61%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
35.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
19.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.6% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.6% | 16.5% |
% 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
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Monarch Academy Annapolis ES
Monarch Academy Annapolis ES's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch Academy Annapolis ES this school | 634 | 73.8% | 26.2% |
| Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 706 | 76.1% | 14.3% |
| Owings Mills Elementary Owings Mills | 666 | 68.2% | 35.4% |
| Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 774 | 73.5% | 32.6% |
| Pleasant Plains Elementary Towson | 575 | 70.1% | 24.9% |
| J. P. Ryon Elementary School Waldorf | 640 | 68.4% | 23.9% |
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 Monarch Academy Annapolis ES ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #693 of 853 | #74 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #756 of 853 ▲ 2 | #78 of 80 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #624 of 853 ▼ 21 | #70 of 80 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #169 of 898 | #14 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #138 of 857 | #24 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #354 of 857 | #42 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #234 of 885 | #20 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.8% | #115 of 294 | #12 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
634
-125 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 634 | 54.5 | 11.6:1 | 74% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 50.6 | 9.3:1 | 72% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 58.8 | 9.9:1 | 68% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 759 | 53 | 14.3:1 | 54% (412) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 36.6 | 15.4:1 | 57% (319) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monarch Academy Annapolis ES.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (562 to 634); teachers up 49% (36.6 to 54.5).
About Monarch Academy Annapolis ES
Monarch Academy Annapolis ES is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Annapolis, Maryland. There are 634 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Maryland enroll around 481, and this school is 32% above that mark.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools operates 125 schools. Combined enrollment is 85,029 students.
At Monarch Academy Annapolis ES, Black students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other groups make up 39% Hispanic, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 18% of Anne Arundel County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
The school has 54.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.6 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Of all students at Monarch Academy Annapolis ES, 74% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Anne Arundel County is 42%.
Monarch Academy Annapolis ES earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The model predicts 30.5% for a school in Maryland with Monarch Academy Annapolis ES's free or reduced-price lunch share. Monarch Academy Annapolis ES posts 26.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Anne Arundel County show that median household income comes to about $124,911, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Anne Arundel County counts 129 public schools with about 85,074 students.
Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Monarch Academy Annapolis ES is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Monarch Academy Annapolis ES ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 26.2% against a local average of 40.6%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 16%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.3:1 in 2020-21, and 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Other schools in Annapolis
- Broadneck HighHigh · 2,143 students
- Annapolis HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Annapolis MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Wiley H. Bates MiddleMiddle · 707 students
- Cape St. Claire ElementaryElementary · 660 students
- Walter S. Mills - Parole ElementaryElementary · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary0.5 mi · 559
- Germantown Elementary0.8 mi · 467
- Phoenix Academy0.9 mi · 64
- West Annapolis Elementary1.5 mi · 234
- Wiley H. Bates Middle1.6 mi · 707
- Mary Moss at Adams Academy1.6 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About Monarch Academy Annapolis ESHow many students attend Monarch Academy Annapolis ES?
Monarch Academy Annapolis ES enrolls approximately 634 students in grades PK-05.
Is Monarch Academy Annapolis ES an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monarch Academy Annapolis ES is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Monarch Academy Annapolis ES?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Monarch Academy Annapolis ES.
How diverse is Monarch Academy Annapolis ES?
Monarch Academy Annapolis ES reports a student body of 7% White, 39% Hispanic, 47% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Monarch Academy Annapolis ES?
Monarch Academy Annapolis ES is overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Anne Arundel County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.