Monarch Academy, Glen Burnie MD - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Monarch Academy

Monarch Academy is a charter school in Glen Burnie that serves students from kindergarten through eighth grade. It is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system, which a parent should note means it is publicly funded but operates with some autonomy from the district. The school sits on Baymeadow Drive in a sprawling, car-dependent suburban community that is a census-designated place and a suburb of Baltimore, surrounded by major commercial corridors like Ritchie Highway and Crain Highway, and near BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The school enrolls a student body that is racially and economically diverse. The composition shows two of the largest groups are Black students and white students, with smaller shares of students who are two or more races, Hispanic, and Asian. More than a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a meaningful share and signals that the school serves a mix of income levels. The school does not appear to report data on students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those populations and the supports available.

Academically, the testing picture is mixed and worth examining closely by grade and subject. On state English language arts assessments, proficiency rates are generally solid and in some grades quite strong. In third grade, well over half of students met the bar, and rates stayed above half in fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades as well. Fifth grade was an exception, falling below half. Math proficiency is considerably more uneven and, across many grades, is a soft spot. Third and fourth grade math saw roughly a quarter to a third of students reaching proficiency. Fifth and seventh grade were in a similar range around a third or below. Sixth grade math was markedly lower, and eighth grade math was notably weak, with very few students scoring proficient. Science results are also tiered by grade: fifth grade science proficiency was low, while eighth grade science was stronger and closer to half of students meeting the standard. Eighth grade social studies proficiency was moderate, around a third. These results suggest that while literacy is a relative strength, math performance in the middle grades, particularly in sixth and eighth, is an area where a family would want to understand what interventions or support the school provides. Since there is only a single year of data available here, no trend can be assessed.

Because the school stops at eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. A student who attends Monarch Academy will need to transition to a high school for ninth grade, and given that Anne Arundel County Public Schools recently opened Severn Run High School in the western part of the county, families may want to investigate how attendance boundaries work for this charter school's graduates.

The housing context in Glen Burnie shows home values that are somewhat above the national median but close to the statewide benchmark, and rents that are a substantial portion of a typical household's income. The community has grown steadily over recent decades, with development along the commercial corridors and some office and hospital expansion, but the feel remains suburban and car-oriented, with light rail and a bike trail providing some transit options. The area's major employers include the airport and a hospital, and the local Anne Arundel Community College campus offers postsecondary access nearby.

Monarch Academy is a charter school with a diverse enrollment and a clear academic split between stronger reading scores and weaker math scores, especially in the later middle school years. A parent considering this school would be wise to dig into math instruction and support, and to plan ahead for the high school transition. The school is a regular public charter school, not a magnet or alternative program, and it occupies a specific niche in Glen Burnie as a K-8 option within a large county district.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 327%

School 27% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 436%

School 36% · district not reported

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 529%

School 29% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 612%

School 12% · district not reported

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

Grade 733%

School 33% · district not reported

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

Grade 89%

School 9% · district not reported

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

English language arts

Grade 364%

School 64% · district not reported

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 452%

School 52% · district not reported

▲ 7 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · district not reported

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

Grade 662%

School 62% · district not reported

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 862%

School 62% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · district not reported

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

Social studies

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 47% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 6 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 3Lower-income7%Higher-income20%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income40%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income47%Higher-income60%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income17%Higher-income42%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income15%Higher-income38%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income8%Higher-income31%23 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income7%Higher-income28%21 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income6%Higher-income17%12 pp gap