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Enrollment
587
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000106
Odenton Elementary
1290 Odenton Rd, Odenton, MD 21113 · (410) 222-6514 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B-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
13.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
259 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 | 51 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
73%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
54.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 47.7% | 33.9% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Odenton Elementary
Odenton Elementary's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odenton Elementary this school | 587 | 44.1% | 44.9% |
| North Salisbury Elementary Salisbury | 526 | 49.0% | 61.6% |
| Mary H. Matula Elementary School La Plata | 610 | 40.5% | 49.0% |
| Dr. James Craik Elementary School Pomfret | 520 | 39.0% | 44.2% |
| Rosemary Hills Elementary Silver Spring | 499 | 40.5% | N/A |
| Solley Elementary Glen Burnie | 674 | 39.9% | 47.1% |
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 Odenton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #416 of 853 | #44 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #379 of 853 ▲ 112 | #36 of 80 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #361 of 853 ▲ 39 | #41 of 80 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #228 of 898 | #18 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #332 of 857 | #41 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #98 of 857 | #11 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #576 of 885 | #40 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.5% | #77 of 294 | #5 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
587
+68 (+13%) vs 2020
+68% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 587 | 44.2 | 13.3:1 | 44% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 42.8 | 13.5:1 | 45% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 42.8 | 13.4:1 | 48% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 40 | 13.0:1 | 41% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 33.5 | 14.5:1 | 33% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 38% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 41% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 19% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 18 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Odenton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (487 to 587); teachers up 32% (33.5 to 44.2).
About Odenton Elementary
This page covers Odenton Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Odenton, Maryland. The latest federal count shows 587 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 22% bigger than average.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools enrolls 85,029 students, and its 125 schools include Odenton Elementary.
Black students are the largest group at Odenton Elementary, with 36% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 31% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The school's Black share is 18 points above the 18% share among Anne Arundel County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Odenton Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
Teacher staffing is 44.2 full-time equivalents, or about 13.3 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Maryland have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. About 44% of students, or 259, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Anne Arundel County, the average is about the same, 42%.
Measured against Maryland public elementary schools, Odenton Elementary receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Odenton Elementary is -3.2 points: 44.9% actual, 48.1% predicted.
Odenton Elementary is located in Anne Arundel County, where median household income is about $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County, with a combined enrollment of about 85,074.
Arundel Middle is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. Odenton Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Odenton Elementary comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Odenton Elementary had 519 students in 2020-21 and 587 in 2024-25, a 13% rise.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Odenton
- Arundel MiddleMiddle · 1,312 students
- Two Rivers Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Waugh Chapel ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Piney Orchard ElementaryElementary · 538 students
- Seven Oaks ElementaryElementary · 506 students
Nearby schools
- Arundel Middle1.0 mi · 1,312
- Arundel High1.2 mi · 1,778
- Waugh Chapel Elementary1.3 mi · 549
- Seven Oaks Elementary1.5 mi · 506
- Piney Orchard Elementary1.9 mi · 538
- Four Seasons Elementary2.1 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Odenton ElementaryHow large is Odenton Elementary?
Odenton Elementary enrolls approximately 587 students in grades PK-05.
Is Odenton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Odenton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Odenton Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Odenton Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Odenton Elementary?
Odenton Elementary reports a student body of 31% White, 19% Hispanic, 36% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Odenton Elementary public or private?
Odenton Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.