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What's the most underrated thing about Severn River Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
675
Middle
DISTRICT 938 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000124
Severn River Middle
241 Peninsula Farm Rd, Arnold, MD 21012 · (410) 544-0922 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Maryland public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
137 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 210 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 221 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 243 | 36% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
50%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
78.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
40.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.4% | 40.3% |
| 2023-24 | 75.3% | 39.6% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Severn River Middle
Severn River Middle's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severn River Middle this school | 675 | 20.3% | 58.4% |
| Magothy River Middle Arnold | 655 | 18.2% | 57.3% |
| New Market Middle New Market | 676 | 17.9% | 52.2% |
| Plum Point Middle Huntingtown | 619 | 20.7% | 56.6% |
| Northern Middle Owings | 745 | 17.0% | 59.6% |
| Mount Airy Middle Mount Airy | 761 | 19.4% | 52.6% |
Matched among Maryland middle 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 Severn River Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #29 of 223 | #2 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #49 of 223 ▼ 7 | #5 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #18 of 223 ▲ 1 | #2 of 19 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #150 of 230 | #17 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #105 of 225 | #12 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #150 of 225 | #15 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.3% | #195 of 227 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #57 of 123 | #4 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
675
-126 (-16%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 765
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 675 | 47.2 | 14.3:1 | 20% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 47.4 | 14.5:1 | 20% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 50.8 | 14.4:1 | 20% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 801 | 55 | 14.6:1 | 16% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 45.9 | 16.3:1 | 13% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 13% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 794 | 47 | 16.9:1 | 10% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 857 | 46 | 18.6:1 | 7% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 765 | 42 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Severn River Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (748 to 675); teachers up 3% (45.9 to 47.2).
About Severn River Middle
Severn River Middle, located in Arnold, Maryland, is a mid-sized middle-grades school. It enrolls 675 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools counts 85,029 students in its 125 schools, and Severn River Middle is one of them.
The student body at Severn River Middle is 68% White. The school is also 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Severn River Middle lists 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.3 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Maryland is about 14.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 20% of the student body. The average for public schools in Anne Arundel County is 42%.
Severn River Middle earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 85% of Maryland public middle schools.
Severn River Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.4% and a predicted 62.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Anne Arundel County show that the median household earns about $124,911 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Anne Arundel County has 129 public schools with about 85,074 students, including Severn River Middle.
AACPS Virtual Academy sits less than a tenth of a mile from Severn River Middle. Severn River Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 58.4% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Severn River Middle the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 126 students, from 801 to 675.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Arnold
- Magothy River MiddleMiddle · 655 students
- Broadneck ElementaryElementary · 652 students
- Belvedere ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- Arnold ElementaryElementary · 454 students
- AACPS Virtual AcademyCombined · 384 students
Nearby schools
- AACPS Virtual Academy0.0 mi · 384
- Magothy River Middle0.0 mi · 655
- Belvedere Elementary0.6 mi · 542
- Jones Elementary1.2 mi · 334
- Broadneck Elementary1.8 mi · 652
- Arnold Elementary1.8 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Severn River MiddleHow large is Severn River Middle?
Severn River Middle enrolls approximately 675 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Severn River Middle serve?
Severn River Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Severn River Middle have?
Severn River Middle employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Severn River Middle?
Student demographics at Severn River Middle are roughly 68% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Severn River Middle in?
Severn River Middle is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.