George T. Cromwell Elementary, Glen Burnie MD

Original Research by School Decision on George T. Cromwell Elementary

George T. Cromwell Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in Glen Burnie, part of Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Glen Burnie is an unincorporated suburban community just south of Baltimore, a car-dependent area with major commercial corridors along Ritchie Highway and Crain Highway, several shopping malls, light rail access, and proximity to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. The school sits in a residential neighborhood in a community that has grown steadily over the past decades, with a mix of postwar housing stock and newer subdivisions. Housing values in the surrounding zip code sit below the Maryland statewide benchmark, and rents have risen moderately.

The student body is diverse and predominantly from lower-income households. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The racial composition is roughly white, Hispanic, Black, with smaller shares of Asian students and students of two or more races. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the provided records, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports.

State assessment results from the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program cover grades three through five in math and English language arts, and grade five in science. In math, the share of students meeting proficiency declines from grade three to grade five, with rates below the midpoint of what might be expected in a typical Maryland elementary school. In English language arts, grade four stands out with a larger share scoring proficient, while grades three and five are lower. On the fifth-grade science assessment (the Maryland Integrated Science Assessment), the proportion of students reaching proficiency is likewise below half. The school has only a single year of available test data, so it is not possible to see a trend.

While the school does not serve high school grades, the district opened a new comprehensive high school – Severn Run High School – in the western part of the county, which redrew attendance boundaries. That change is most relevant to parents in that area of Anne Arundel County, though it may affect feeder patterns over time.

Cromwell Elementary operates within a district that offers standard elementary programming, though specific program offerings at the school itself were not provided in the available data. The school's size is moderate for its grade band. For a family weighing this school, the test results indicate an area of focus: math and reading performance overall trails state averages, and the science proficiency rate is particularly low. These are soft spots a prospective parent may want to discuss with the school to understand what interventions or supports are in place. Attendance and chronic absenteeism data were not reported in the records provided, nor were discipline figures, so those dimensions remain gaps in the picture. The school's peer environment reflects a community with significant economic diversity and a higher share of families eligible for meal assistance than the county average.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · district not reported

even with state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 431%

School 31% · district not reported

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 339%

School 39% · district not reported

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 454%

School 54% · district not reported

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Science

Grade 520%

School 20% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolAnne Arundel County Public Schools, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income20%Higher-income19%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income8%Higher-income16%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income7%Higher-income16%9 pp gap