Monarch Academy

Set in Glen Burnie, Maryland, Monarch Academy is a mid-tier K-5 school, run under Anne Arundel County Public Schools. It enrolls 687 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 43% bigger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs 125 schools in total, collectively educating 85,029 students. Monarch Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Monarch Academy logs that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 18% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Monarch Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Anne Arundel County shows median household earnings sit near $124,911, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Anne Arundel County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), of which Monarch Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Point Pleasant Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monarch Academy at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. Monarch Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Monarch Academy's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 679 (now 687). White enrollment moved from 47% to 32% across the same window.

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