Woodside Elementary

Woodside Elementary operates as a modestly sized elementary campus in Glen Burnie, Maryland, run under Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 330 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Woodside Elementary sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 125 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (85,029 students total), Woodside Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Woodside Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 29% White, 21% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Anne Arundel County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Woodside Elementary lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Anne Arundel County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Woodside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Anne Arundel County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,911, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Woodside Elementary is one of 129 public schools in Anne Arundel County (combined enrollment of about 85,074 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oakwood Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodside Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Woodside Elementary's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 358 (now 330). White enrollment moved from 40% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 6.4:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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