Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000130
South Shore Elementary
1376 Fairfield Loop Rd, Crownsville, MD 21032 · (410) 222-3865 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
83 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
55%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
76.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.4% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 75.5% | 64.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 South Shore Elementary
South Shore Elementary's state test result (71.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shore Elementary this school | 268 | 31.0% | 71.2% |
| White Marsh Elementary Mechanicsville | 220 | 35.5% | 71.7% |
| West Meade Early Education Center Ft Meade | 246 | 34.1% | N/A |
| Carroll Creek Montessori Public Charter Frederick | 317 | 27.4% | 52.5% |
| West Annapolis Elementary Annapolis | 234 | 17.5% | 80.6% |
| Greenbrier Elementary Boonsboro | 259 | 39.0% | 54.6% |
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 South Shore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #90 of 853 | #7 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #109 of 853 ▲ 30 | #7 of 80 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #91 of 853 ▼ 13 | #16 of 80 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #796 of 898 | #77 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #297 of 857 | #36 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #452 of 857 | #50 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #704 of 885 | #52 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #135 of 551 | #11 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
268
0 (0%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 232
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 268 | 20.6 | 13.0:1 | 31% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 22.2 | 12.7:1 | 30% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 21.4 | 13.4:1 | 33% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 24 | 11.2:1 | 28% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 22.2 | 15.4:1 | 23% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 21% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 18 | 14.6:1 | 17% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 285 | 16 | 17.8:1 | 9% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 232 | 12 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Shore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (341 to 268); teachers down 7% (22.2 to 20.6).
About South Shore Elementary
South Shore Elementary is an elementary school in Crownsville, Maryland, and it is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 268 students. Elementary schools in Maryland have about 481 students on average; enrollment here is 44% lower.
The district for South Shore Elementary is Anne Arundel County Public Schools, with 125 schools and 85,029 students.
More than half of the students at South Shore Elementary are White (60%). Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is in line with Anne Arundel County, where about 63% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, South Shore Elementary scores 55%.
There are 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.0:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in Anne Arundel County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, South Shore Elementary outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
South Shore Elementary scores 15.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 71.2% actual versus 55.9% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Anne Arundel County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $124,911 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Anne Arundel County number 129, with about 85,074 students.
Among nearby public schools, Millersville Elementary is closest at about 2.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, South Shore Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
South Shore Elementary falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 268, starting from 268. The number of students per teacher increased from 11.2 to 13.0 over 4 years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at South Shore Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 South Shore Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named South Shore Elementary. South Shore Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- South Shore Elementary SchoolAlbany, OR · 356 students
- South Shore ElementaryPort Wing, WI · 102 students
Nearby schools
- Millersville Elementary2.3 mi · 386
- Benfield Elementary3.6 mi · 500
- Rolling Knolls Elementary3.7 mi · 402
- Crofton Meadows Elementary3.7 mi · 544
- Nantucket Elementary3.8 mi · 675
- Severna Park High3.8 mi · 1,842
Frequently asked questions
About South Shore ElementaryHow many students attend South Shore Elementary?
South Shore Elementary enrolls approximately 268 students in grades KG-05.
Is South Shore Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Shore Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at South Shore Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at South Shore Elementary is approximately 13.0:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is South Shore Elementary?
South Shore Elementary reports a student body of 60% White, 28% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is South Shore Elementary in?
South Shore Elementary is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
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