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What's something Solley Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000129
Solley Elementary
7608 Solley Rd, Glen Burnie, MD 21060 · (410) 222-6473 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% 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.
- C-Beats 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
14.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
269 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
72%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
46.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
40.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.5% | 52.6% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Solley Elementary
Solley Elementary's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solley Elementary this school | 674 | 39.9% | 47.1% |
| Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 722 | 40.0% | 64.5% |
| Mary H. Matula Elementary School La Plata | 610 | 40.5% | 49.0% |
| Monarch Academy Glen Burnie | 687 | 38.0% | 48.7% |
| Abingdon Elementary Abingdon | 641 | 46.5% | 52.2% |
| Woodlin Elementary Silver Spring | 603 | 36.2% | 61.9% |
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 Solley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #371 of 853 | #40 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #428 of 853 ▼ 172 | #44 of 80 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #478 of 853 ▼ 107 | #51 of 80 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #121 of 898 | #7 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #554 of 857 | #60 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #133 of 857 | #17 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #626 of 885 | #45 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #155 of 551 | #12 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
674
-61 (-8%) vs 2020
+327% since 1990-91, when it was 158
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 674 | 45.6 | 14.8:1 | 40% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 49.4 | 14.5:1 | 40% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 49.1 | 14.4:1 | 38% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 735 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 34% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 46.7 | 17.9:1 | 31% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 754 | 40 | 18.9:1 | 33% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 31% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 33 | 18.9:1 | 16% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 158 | 8 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Solley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (836 to 674); teachers down 2% (46.7 to 45.6).
About Solley Elementary
Solley Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The school's 674 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students each.
Solley Elementary is a school in Anne Arundel County Public Schools. The district has 125 schools and 85,029 students.
White students are the largest group at Solley Elementary, with 39% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 63%. Solley Elementary has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Solley Elementary's 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 40%. That is close to the 42% average for public schools in Anne Arundel County.
allk12 grades Solley Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Solley Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 47.1% actual against 50.6% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Anne Arundel County show that median household income is about $124,911, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County, with a combined enrollment of about 85,074.
The closest other public school is Point Pleasant Elementary, about 2.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Solley Elementary ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 47.1% versus a 40.7% average.
The NCES locale for Solley Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Solley Elementary had 735 students in 2020-21 and 674 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Solley Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other schools in Glen Burnie
- Glen Burnie HighHigh · 2,226 students
- North County HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Marley MiddleMiddle · 991 students
- Rippling Woods ElementaryElementary · 702 students
- Monarch AcademyElementary · 687 students
- Marley ElementaryElementary · 618 students
Nearby schools
- Point Pleasant Elementary2.0 mi · 486
- Sunset Elementary2.2 mi · 520
- High Point Elementary2.2 mi · 665
- Monarch Academy2.4 mi · 687
- Northeast High2.5 mi · 1,387
- Riviera Beach Elementary2.5 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Solley ElementaryHow large is Solley Elementary?
Solley Elementary enrolls approximately 674 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Solley Elementary serve?
Solley Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Solley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Solley Elementary is approximately 14.8:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Solley Elementary?
Student demographics at Solley Elementary are roughly 39% White, 12% Hispanic, 32% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Solley Elementary in?
Solley Elementary is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.