Traceys Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary school in Traceys Landing, Maryland, Traceys Elementary instructs 448 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

Within Anne Arundel County Public Schools, which oversees 125 schools and 85,029 students, Traceys Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Traceys Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 38% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Traceys Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Anne Arundel County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Traceys Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.4%, the actual is 44.5%, a residual of +6.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Anne Arundel County reports that median household income runs about $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Traceys Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students).

Nearest neighbor: Deale Elementary, around 2.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Traceys Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 404 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 67% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.