South Shore Elementary

South Shore Elementary is one of the cozy elementary schools in Crownsville, Maryland, one of the schools within Anne Arundel County Public Schools, with 268 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so South Shore Elementary sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Shore Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, South Shore Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting South Shore Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Anne Arundel County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Shore Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 55.9%; South Shore Elementary posts 71.2%, +15.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Anne Arundel County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,911 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Anne Arundel County's 129 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students), South Shore Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Millersville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, South Shore Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 341 students in 2018 compared to 268 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 72% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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