Severn Run High School

Located at 8065 New Cut Road, in Severn, Maryland, Severn Run High School is a reasonably sized secondary school that works with 1,608 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Anne Arundel County Public Schools. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

Across the 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (85,029 students total), Severn Run High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Severn Run High School reports that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% White, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the resource side, Severn Run High School lists 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

Zooming out to the county, Anne Arundel County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,911 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Anne Arundel County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), Severn Run High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ruth Parker Eason School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

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