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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000112
Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary
1 George and Marion Phelps Lane, Annapolis, MD 21401 · (410) 222-1626 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
531 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 | 48 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
52%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
37.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.8pp since 2023
Math
22.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 20.9% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary
Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary this school | 559 | 95.0% | 25.9% |
| Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. Elementary Glenarden | 540 | 94.1% | 17.1% |
| Carrollton Elementary New Carrollton | 539 | 92.9% | 20.3% |
| Oaklands Elementary Laurel | 483 | 90.3% | 18.0% |
| William W. Hall Academy Capitol Heights | 444 | 91.4% | 22.0% |
| Laurel Elementary Laurel | 472 | 90.9% | 34.8% |
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 Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #702 of 853 | #75 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #705 of 853 ▼ 19 | #76 of 80 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #593 of 853 ▲ 168 | #68 of 80 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #269 of 898 | #23 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #24 of 857 | #7 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #495 of 857 | #54 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #10 of 885 | #2 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #323 of 551 | #29 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
559
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 559 | 55.2 | 10.1:1 | 95% (531) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 55.8 | 9.9:1 | 94% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 51.8 | 11.2:1 | 94% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 53 | 10.5:1 | 96% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 50.6 | 12.4:1 | 89% (558) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 50 | 12.6:1 | 86% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 39 | 13.0:1 | 81% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 65% (257) |
| 1990-91 | 316 | 22 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (627 to 559); teachers up 9% (50.6 to 55.2).
About Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary
Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary is an elementary school located in Annapolis, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. The latest federal count shows 559 students in pre-K through 5.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools has 125 schools and 85,029 students, and Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are the majority at Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary, with 59% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 36% Black and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Anne Arundel County, the Hispanic share is about 11%. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary operates with 55.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Maryland have 13.8:1, compared with 10.1:1 here. Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary reports 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 42% average among public schools in Anne Arundel County.
The allk12 Grade for Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary is C+. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 37% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary, the prediction is 18.0% and the result is 25.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Anne Arundel County, the median household income is $124,911, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Anne Arundel County is home to 129 public schools and about 85,074 public school students.
Monarch Academy Annapolis ES is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 34.7% proficiency; Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary posts 25.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 555 to 559, a small change.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Walter S. Mills - Parole ElementaryHow many students attend Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary?
Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary enrolls approximately 559 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary serve?
Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary have?
Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary?
Student demographics at Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary are roughly 2% White, 59% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary?
Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary is overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Anne Arundel County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.