Severn River Middle

Severn River Middle is one of the medium-sized intermediate schools in Arnold, Maryland, part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, with 675 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs 125 schools in total, collectively educating 85,029 students. Severn River Middle is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Severn River Middle reports that 68% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Severn River Middle logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 20% of students at Severn River Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Severn River Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.2%, the actual is 58.4%, a residual of -3.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Anne Arundel County put median household income runs about $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Anne Arundel County runs 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), of which Severn River Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Magothy River Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Severn River Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.5%.

Severn River Middle operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 748 students in 2018 compared to 675 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 75% to 68%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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