Solley Elementary

Set in Glen Burnie, Maryland, Solley Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school, one of the schools within Anne Arundel County Public Schools. It teaches 674 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 40% larger than typical.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools comprises 125 schools with combined enrollment of 85,029 students; Solley Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Solley Elementary lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Solley Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 47.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Anne Arundel County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,911 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Anne Arundel County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), Solley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Point Pleasant Elementary, roughly 2.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Solley Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Solley Elementary has shrank 19%, going from 836 students in 2018 to 674 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 39% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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