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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000118
Richard Henry Lee Elementary
400 A Street, Glen Burnie, MD 21061 · (410) 553-2200 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
285 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
68%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
42.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +17.7pp since 2023
Math
24.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.8% | 14.2% |
% 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
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Richard Henry Lee Elementary
Richard Henry Lee Elementary's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Henry Lee Elementary this school | 378 | 75.4% | 26.6% |
| Glendale Elementary Glen Burnie | 438 | 76.9% | 41.1% |
| Hickory Elementary Williamsport | 326 | 77.3% | 28.5% |
| Baltimore Highlands Elementary Baltimore | 461 | 76.4% | 20.5% |
| Morrell Park Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 451 | 70.3% | 24.0% |
| Berkshire Elementary Baltimore | 514 | 73.3% | 21.4% |
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 Richard Henry Lee Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #685 of 853 | #72 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #667 of 853 ▲ 122 | #70 of 80 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #528 of 853 ▲ 207 | #59 of 80 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #634 of 898 | #63 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #95 of 857 | #18 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #244 of 857 | #31 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.4% | #220 of 885 | #18 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #82 of 551 | #4 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
378
-94 (-20%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 378 | 33.7 | 11.2:1 | 75% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 39.4 | 12.7:1 | 73% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 68% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 61% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 32.1 | 16.1:1 | 50% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 53% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 48% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 21% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 601 | 30 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard Henry Lee Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (518 to 378); teachers up 5% (32.1 to 33.7).
About Richard Henry Lee Elementary
Richard Henry Lee Elementary is a small elementary school in Glen Burnie, Maryland, (ZIP code 21061). A total of 378 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students, so this school is 21% smaller than average.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools operates 125 schools. Combined enrollment is 85,029 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Richard Henry Lee Elementary. The largest is Hispanic students, at 43%. Smaller groups are 34% White, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Anne Arundel County is roughly 11% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Richard Henry Lee Elementary operates with 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.2:1. That is lower than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. About 75% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 42% average for public schools in Anne Arundel County is 33 points lower.
Richard Henry Lee Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Richard Henry Lee Elementary is 29.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 26.6%.
Richard Henry Lee Elementary is located in Anne Arundel County, where the median household income is $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Richard Henry Lee Elementary is one of 129 public schools in the county.
Corkran Middle School is located about 0.4 miles from Richard Henry Lee Elementary. The five-mile area around Richard Henry Lee Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Richard Henry Lee Elementary comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 378 students in 2024-25, 94 fewer than the 472 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.9:1 in 2020-21 to 11.2:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news 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 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
Other Richard Henry Lee Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Richard Henry Lee Elementary. Richard Henry Lee Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Richard Henry Lee ElementaryLos Alamitos, CA · 603 students
Nearby schools
- Corkran Middle School0.4 mi · 553
- Glen Burnie High0.7 mi · 2,226
- Glendale Elementary1.1 mi · 438
- Oakwood Elementary1.1 mi · 309
- Glen Burnie Park Elementary1.4 mi · 555
- Woodside Elementary1.6 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Richard Henry Lee ElementaryHow large is Richard Henry Lee Elementary?
Richard Henry Lee Elementary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Richard Henry Lee Elementary serve?
Richard Henry Lee Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richard Henry Lee Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richard Henry Lee Elementary is approximately 11.2:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Richard Henry Lee Elementary?
Richard Henry Lee Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 43% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Richard Henry Lee Elementary?
Richard Henry Lee 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.