Oakwood Elementary

Set in Glen Burnie, Maryland, Oakwood Elementary is a small elementary-level community, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. It hosts 309 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Oakwood Elementary sits 36% leaner than that benchmark.

Oakwood Elementary is one of 125 schools operated by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, a district that works with 85,029 students overall.

Demographically, Oakwood Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Black, 24% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Oakwood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Anne Arundel County (around 42%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oakwood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.4%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Anne Arundel County indicate 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 Oakwood Elementary is one.

Glen Burnie Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oakwood Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oakwood Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 31.2%.

Oakwood Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Oakwood Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 312 (now 309). The White share of enrollment contracted from 46% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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