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Alumni: what's one memory from Rolling Knolls Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000122
Rolling Knolls Elementary
1985 Valley Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401 · (410) 222-5820 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
189 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
4
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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
64%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
43.1%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.1pp since 2023
Math
34.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -11.4pp 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 35 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 46.3% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Rolling Knolls Elementary
Rolling Knolls Elementary's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Knolls Elementary this school | 402 | 47.0% | 43.6% |
| Damascus Elementary Damascus | 331 | 46.2% | 53.7% |
| Pot Spring Elementary Timonium | 434 | 44.9% | 65.7% |
| Roye-Williams Elementary Havre De Grace | 444 | 50.2% | 44.4% |
| Forest Knolls Elementary Silver Spring | 472 | 41.1% | 66.6% |
| Sequoyah Elementary Derwood | 460 | 46.7% | 44.1% |
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 Rolling Knolls Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #436 of 853 | #46 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #513 of 853 ▼ 179 | #54 of 80 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #515 of 853 ▼ 154 | #57 of 80 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #591 of 898 | #58 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #89 of 857 | #17 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #315 of 857 | #36 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #555 of 885 | #39 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #492 of 551 | #42 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
402
+28 (+7%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 402 | 36 | 11.2:1 | 47% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 32 | 12.0:1 | 47% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 33.2 | 11.4:1 | 46% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 34 | 11.0:1 | 39% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 29.1 | 14.2:1 | 32% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 33% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 22% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 24% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 19 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rolling Knolls Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (413 to 402); teachers up 24% (29.1 to 36).
About Rolling Knolls Elementary
Rolling Knolls Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Annapolis, Maryland. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 402 students.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools counts 125 schools and 85,029 students, including Rolling Knolls Elementary.
Rolling Knolls Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 46%. Other reported shares: 37% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 63% White among all Anne Arundel County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Rolling Knolls Elementary counts 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.2 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 11.2:1 here. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
In Maryland, Rolling Knolls Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.6% actual against a predicted 46.4%.
Census estimates describe Anne Arundel County this way: the median household income is $124,911, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides Rolling Knolls Elementary, Anne Arundel County has 128 other public schools.
The closest public school, Monarch Academy Annapolis ES, is about 1.7 miles from Rolling Knolls Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Rolling Knolls Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Rolling Knolls Elementary grew 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 374 to 402 students.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Rolling Knolls ElementaryHow many students attend Rolling Knolls Elementary?
Rolling Knolls Elementary enrolls approximately 402 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Rolling Knolls Elementary serve?
Rolling Knolls Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Rolling Knolls Elementary?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Rolling Knolls Elementary.
How diverse is Rolling Knolls Elementary?
Rolling Knolls Elementary reports a student body of 46% White, 37% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Rolling Knolls Elementary public or private?
Rolling Knolls 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.