1
What's one community event at Point Pleasant Elementary more people should show up to?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000116
Point Pleasant Elementary
1035 Dumbarton Rd, Glen Burnie, MD 21060 · (410) 787-5630 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
346 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 | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
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
33.6%
MD avg 50.6% . -17.1pp since 2023
Math
28.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 41.6% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Point Pleasant Elementary
Point Pleasant Elementary's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Pleasant Elementary this school | 486 | 71.2% | 38.7% |
| Essex Elementary Baltimore | 481 | 70.5% | 29.2% |
| Logan Elementary Baltimore | 556 | 73.6% | 28.9% |
| Lincolnshire Elementary Hagerstown | 503 | 69.2% | 36.4% |
| Gilpin Manor Elementary Elkton | 478 | 71.5% | 26.0% |
| Monocacy Elementary Frederick | 523 | 67.9% | 49.2% |
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 Point Pleasant Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #488 of 853 | #52 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #604 of 853 ▼ 217 | #66 of 80 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #664 of 853 ▼ 311 | #73 of 80 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #406 of 898 | #41 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #38 of 857 | #10 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #184 of 857 | #26 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #259 of 885 | #23 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #239 of 551 | #20 of 49 |
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
486
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 486 | 46.8 | 10.4:1 | 71% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 44.8 | 11.1:1 | 71% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 40.4 | 12.6:1 | 71% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 42 | 12.1:1 | 60% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 36.5 | 15.6:1 | 50% (282) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 54% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 48% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 30 | 18.6:1 | 22% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 634 | 31 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Point Pleasant Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (568 to 486); teachers up 28% (36.5 to 46.8).
About Point Pleasant Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Point Pleasant Elementary serves students in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 486 students.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs 125 schools with a combined 85,029 students. Point Pleasant Elementary is one of them.
Point Pleasant Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 39%. Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 63% of Anne Arundel County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Point Pleasant Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Teachers at the school number 46.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.4:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Anne Arundel County average 42%.
Point Pleasant Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Point Pleasant Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.7% and a predicted 32.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Anne Arundel County, median household income is about $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Anne Arundel County number 129 and enroll about 85,074.
Monarch Academy is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Point Pleasant Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 486, 5% below the 510 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 12.1 in 2020-21 to 10.4 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Point Pleasant Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Glen Burnie
- Glen Burnie HighHigh · 2,226 students
- North County HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Marley MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Rippling Woods ElementaryElementary · 702 students
- Monarch AcademyElementary · 687 students
- Solley ElementaryElementary · 674 students
Nearby schools
- Monarch Academy1.0 mi · 687
- Glendale Elementary1.2 mi · 438
- Glen Burnie High1.6 mi · 2,226
- Marley Middle1.7 mi · 991
- Marley Elementary2.0 mi · 618
- Solley Elementary2.0 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About Point Pleasant ElementaryHow many students attend Point Pleasant Elementary?
Point Pleasant Elementary enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Point Pleasant Elementary serve?
Point Pleasant Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Point Pleasant Elementary?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Point Pleasant Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Point Pleasant Elementary?
At Point Pleasant Elementary, the student body is approximately 39% White, 33% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Point Pleasant Elementary?
Point Pleasant Elementary is overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Anne Arundel County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.