Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000139
West Annapolis Elementary
505 Melvin Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401 · (410) 222-1635 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
12.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
41 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 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
50%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
91.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +14.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.7% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 65.8% |
% 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
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% 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 17 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 West Annapolis Elementary
West Annapolis Elementary's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Annapolis Elementary this school | 234 | 17.5% | 80.6% |
| Deale Elementary Deale | 203 | 19.7% | 58.8% |
| Monocacy Elementary Dickerson | 164 | 23.2% | 57.1% |
| Fifth District Elementary Upperco | 262 | 15.6% | 80.9% |
| Jones Elementary Severna Park | 334 | 15.9% | 70.6% |
| Lake Shore Elementary Pasadena | 280 | 25.0% | 60.5% |
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 West Annapolis Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #28 of 853 | #1 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #25 of 853 ▲ 95 | #2 of 80 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.7% | #4 of 853 ▲ 16 | #1 of 80 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #829 of 898 | #80 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #242 of 857 | #31 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #516 of 857 | #55 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.5% | #813 of 885 | #67 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #234 of 294 | #25 of 32 |
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
234
+19 (+9%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 249
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 234 | 18.6 | 12.6:1 | 18% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 240 | 18.4 | 13.0:1 | 19% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 233 | 18.8 | 12.4:1 | 21% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 20 | 10.8:1 | 20% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 227 | 16.5 | 13.8:1 | 18% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 165 | 15 | 11.0:1 | 13% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | 20 | 13.9:1 | 14% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 13% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 249 | 15 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Annapolis Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (227 to 234); teachers up 13% (16.5 to 18.6).
About West Annapolis Elementary
West Annapolis Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Annapolis, Maryland, under Anne Arundel County Public Schools. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 234 students enrolled. It has 51% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Maryland (about 481).
Anne Arundel County Public Schools runs West Annapolis Elementary along with 124 other schools, enrolling 85,029 students in total.
About 68% of the student body at West Annapolis Elementary is White. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at West Annapolis Elementary are from different groups.
Teacher count: 18.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.6:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 1.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 18%. The average for public schools in Anne Arundel County is 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, West Annapolis Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 97% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Schools in Maryland with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 63.9%. West Annapolis Elementary posts 80.6%, 16.8 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Anne Arundel County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $124,911 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting West Annapolis Elementary, Anne Arundel County has 129 public schools.
West Annapolis Elementary's nearest public school is Mary Moss at Adams Academy (about 0.7 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of West Annapolis Elementary. By average proficiency, West Annapolis Elementary is 1st among 7 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes West Annapolis Elementary as Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.6:1.
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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
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 Annapolis
- Broadneck HighHigh · 2,143 students
- Annapolis HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Annapolis MiddleMiddle · 790 students
- Wiley H. Bates MiddleMiddle · 707 students
- Cape St. Claire ElementaryElementary · 660 students
- Monarch Academy Annapolis ESElementary · 634 students
Nearby schools
- Mary Moss at Adams Academy0.7 mi · 50
- Phoenix Academy0.8 mi · 64
- Germantown Elementary1.0 mi · 467
- Annapolis Elementary1.3 mi · 190
- Wiley H. Bates Middle1.3 mi · 707
- Walter S. Mills - Parole Elementary1.5 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About West Annapolis ElementaryHow many students attend West Annapolis Elementary?
West Annapolis Elementary enrolls approximately 234 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does West Annapolis Elementary serve?
West Annapolis Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at West Annapolis Elementary?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at West Annapolis Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Annapolis Elementary?
At West Annapolis Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is West Annapolis Elementary in?
West Annapolis Elementary is part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
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