Severna Park Elementary

Severna Park Elementary is one of the close-knit primary schools in Severna Park, Maryland, part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, with 372 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Severna Park Elementary sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (85,029 students total), Severna Park Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Severna Park Elementary shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 6% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Severna Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Anne Arundel County) shows that median household earnings sit near $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Anne Arundel County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), Severna Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Anne Arundel Evening High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Severna Park Elementary. On composite proficiency, Severna Park Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 67.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 417 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 87% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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