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Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000128
Shady Side Elementary
4859 Atwell Rd, Shady Side, MD 20764 · (410) 222-1621 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
108 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
36%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
50.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
43.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 43.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 48.8% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Shady Side Elementary
Shady Side Elementary's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Side Elementary this school | 391 | 27.6% | 46.6% |
| Hampstead Elementary Hampstead | 400 | 26.3% | 62.4% |
| Churchville Elementary Churchville | 364 | 25.3% | 70.5% |
| Fort Smallwood Elementary Pasadena | 397 | 23.2% | 47.5% |
| Parr's Ridge Elementary Mt Airy | 391 | 26.3% | N/A |
| Matapeake Elementary School Stevensville | 472 | 25.2% | 64.3% |
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 Shady Side Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #381 of 853 | #41 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #383 of 853 ▼ 89 | #37 of 80 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #417 of 853 ▲ 34 | #48 of 80 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #610 of 898 | #61 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #481 of 857 | #53 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.1% | #667 of 857 | #71 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #731 of 885 | #57 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #128 of 551 | #10 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
391
-39 (-9%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 391 | 27.3 | 14.3:1 | 28% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 30.6 | 12.9:1 | 26% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 30.8 | 13.0:1 | 29% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 32 | 13.4:1 | 18% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 30.1 | 16.6:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 22% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 15% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 25 | 19.1:1 | 13% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 26 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shady Side Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (500 to 391); teachers down 9% (30.1 to 27.3).
About Shady Side Elementary
Shady Side Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Shady Side, Maryland. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 391 students.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools serves 85,029 students across 125 schools.
At Shady Side Elementary, 79% of students are White. It is also 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Anne Arundel County is roughly 63% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Shady Side Elementary scores 36%.
Its staff includes 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is about 13.8:1. Shady Side Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 28%. Among public schools in Anne Arundel County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Shady Side Elementary lands at C, ahead of 31% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Shady Side Elementary is 11.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.6% versus 57.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Maryland.
In Anne Arundel County, the median household earns about $124,911 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Anne Arundel County has 129 public schools with about 85,074 students, including Shady Side Elementary.
Carrie Weedon Early Education Center is the nearest public school to Shady Side Elementary, about 2.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Nearby schools with test data average 51.8% proficiency; Shady Side Elementary posts 46.6%.
The NCES locale for Shady Side Elementary is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 391, compared with 430 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Shady Side Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Nearby schools
- Carrie Weedon Early Education Center2.4 mi · 58
- Mayo Elementary3.8 mi · 351
- Deale Elementary5.0 mi · 203
- Southern Middle5.7 mi · 726
- Lothian Elementary5.8 mi · 457
- Central Middle6.1 mi · 1,204
Frequently asked questions
About Shady Side ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Shady Side Elementary?
Shady Side Elementary enrolls approximately 391 students in grades PK-05.
Is Shady Side Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shady Side Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Shady Side Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Shady Side Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shady Side Elementary?
At Shady Side Elementary, the student body is approximately 79% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Shady Side Elementary public or private?
Shady Side 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.