North Glen Elementary

As an intimate K-5 school in Glen Burnie, Maryland, North Glen Elementary instructs 278 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

North Glen Elementary is one of 125 schools operated by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, a district that teaches 85,029 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Glen Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 27% Black, 26% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, North Glen Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at North Glen Elementary qualify 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 meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, North Glen Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.1%; this one delivers 32.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Anne Arundel County put median household income runs about $124,911, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 North Glen Elementary is one.

Hilltop Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 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), North Glen Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Glen Elementary has ticked up 3%, going from 271 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 20% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for North Glen Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.