Odenton Elementary

As a mid-tier elementary school in Odenton, Maryland, Odenton Elementary enrolls 587 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Odenton Elementary sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 85,029 students; Odenton Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Odenton Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Odenton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.1%, the actual is 44.9%, a residual of -3.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Anne Arundel County indicate median household earnings sit near $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 Odenton Elementary is one.

Arundel Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Odenton Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Odenton Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Odenton Elementary's enrollment has climbed 21% since 2018, when it stood at 487 (now 587). The White share of enrollment decreased from 39% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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