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Does Park Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000111
Park Elementary
201 East 11th Ave, Baltimore, MD 21225 · (410) 222-6593 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
447 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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
70%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
39.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
34.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 35.1% |
% 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Park Elementary
Park Elementary's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Elementary this school | 538 | 83.1% | 35.8% |
| Brooklyn Park Elementary Baltimore | 463 | 83.8% | 23.8% |
| Riverview Elementary Baltimore | 552 | 80.8% | 19.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary Frederick | 615 | 81.0% | 46.3% |
| Baltimore Highlands Elementary Baltimore | 461 | 76.4% | 20.5% |
| Maple Elementary School Cambridge | 483 | 79.7% | 32.4% |
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 Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #524 of 853 | #57 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #528 of 853 ▼ 55 | #56 of 80 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #578 of 853 ▲ 4 | #67 of 80 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #302 of 898 | #30 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #112 of 857 | #21 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #176 of 857 | #24 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.1% | #150 of 885 | #9 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.3% | #117 of 294 | #13 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
538
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 538 | 47.1 | 11.4:1 | 83% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 41.8 | 13.2:1 | 87% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 38.8 | 13.1:1 | 88% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 83% (434) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 33.3 | 14.4:1 | 77% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 82% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 81% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 56% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 20 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (479 to 538); teachers up 41% (33.3 to 47.1).
About Park Elementary
Federal records list Park Elementary as an elementary school in Baltimore, Maryland. It reported 538 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools has 85,029 students spread across 125 schools.
The biggest share of students at Park Elementary, 43%, is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 24% Black, 22% White, and 10% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Anne Arundel County's population at about 11%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Park Elementary scores 70%.
With 47.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Park Elementary, 83% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Anne Arundel County, the average is 42%.
Schools in Maryland with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.1%. Park Elementary scores 35.8%.
The school is in Anne Arundel County, where the median household earns about $124,911 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Park Elementary shares Anne Arundel County with 128 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Brooklyn Park Elementary is closest at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Park Elementary. On state test proficiency, Park Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% rise, from 522 to 538. The ratio was 13.4:1 in 2020-21 and 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Baltimore
- Dundalk HighHigh · 2,087 students
- Perry Hall HighHigh · 2,012 students
- Woodlawn HighHigh · 1,922 students
- Kenwood HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Parkville HighHigh · 1,877 students
- Catonsville HighHigh · 1,735 students
Other Park Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 19 states are named Park Elementary. Park Elementary is the 5th largest of the 26.
- Park Elementary SchoolNewark, NJ · 747 students
- Park Elementary SchoolHamilton, GA · 628 students
- Park ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 581 students
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAVON PARK, FL · 557 students
- Park Elementary SchoolColumbia, PA · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Brooklyn Park Elementary0.4 mi · 463
- Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle0.7 mi · 706
- Brooklyn Park Middle0.7 mi · 784
- Belle Grove Elementary0.8 mi · 305
- Curtis Bay Elementary1.0 mi · 470
- Maree Garnett Farring Elementary/Middle1.0 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Park ElementaryHow large is Park Elementary?
Park Elementary enrolls approximately 538 students in grades PK-05.
Is Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Park Elementary have?
Park Elementary employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Park Elementary are roughly 22% White, 43% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Park Elementary?
Park Elementary is overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Anne Arundel County.
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