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Richard Henry Lee Elementary

Public Grades K-5
677th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 865 Maryland Elementary Schools
Better than 22% of Maryland elementary schools
Summary

Richard Henry Lee Elementary is a public elementary school located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, serving 502 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools district, which is ranked 13 out of 25 in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Richard Henry Lee Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Maryland elementary schools, with low performance on MCAP tests across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 13.7% of students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 28.8% in the district and 26.5% statewide. The school's performance is particularly low in Mathematics, with proficiency rates ranging from 6.8% to 21.2% across grade levels, compared to the district's 31%-43% and the state's 30.7%-42%. In English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rates are also below the district and state, ranging from 25% to 40.6% across grade levels. Additionally, Richard Henry Lee Elementary has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 22.1% to 27.4% over the past few school years, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Comparison to nearby schools, such as Woodside Elementary, George T. Cromwell Elementary, and Glendale Elementary, suggests that Richard Henry Lee Elementary is an outlier in the district, with significantly lower performance than its peers. The school's relatively high spending per student and reasonable student-teacher ratio suggest that factors beyond just funding and staffing may be contributing to the school's underperformance, warranting a deeper investigation into the school's instructional practices, curriculum, and other school-level factors.

378
Students ?
11.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$17,938
Per pupil spending ?
75.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 400 A Street
       Glen Burnie, MD  21061

(410) 553-2200

District: Anne Arundel County Public Schools


Students who attend Richard Henry Lee Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Corkran Middle School
High:    Glen Burnie High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
43.4%
White:
33.6%
African American:
11.4%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 31st percentile in 2015 → 22nd in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Maryland average (20% vs 38% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school20%
District avg42%
Maryland avg38%
677th of 865
Maryland public elementary schools ?
Bottom 22%▼ down 10 pts since 2015
From bottom 31% (2015) to bottom 22% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Maryland Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
72nd of 80Elementary Schools in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools
13th of 25Anne Arundel County Public Schools among Maryland districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202520.5677 of 86521.7%★☆☆☆☆
202416.8696 of 85919.0%★☆☆☆☆
202317.6690 of 85519.3%★☆☆☆☆
202229.0578 of 86232.9%★★☆☆☆
202118.0662 of 80217.5%★☆☆☆☆
201926.8580 of 85332.0%★★☆☆☆
201830.0565 of 85734.1%★★☆☆☆
201733.4526 of 84737.9%★★☆☆☆
201648.2412 of 84551.2%★★★☆☆
201528.6589 of 85931.4%★★☆☆☆
201450.6507 of 86741.5%★★☆☆☆
201351.3450 of 84746.9%★★☆☆☆
201253.6463 of 85746.0%★★☆☆☆
201154.7438 of 85348.7%★★☆☆☆
201071.6250 of 85570.8%★★★★☆
200970.9268 of 85068.5%★★★☆☆
200870.3261 of 83868.9%★★★☆☆
200740.8530 of 81835.2%★★☆☆☆
200633.1589 of 80426.7%★☆☆☆☆
200541.0524 of 80534.9%★★☆☆☆
200453.8431 of 80346.3%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202140.1279 of 50444.6%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202117.4682 of 79614.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202133.9216 of 34737.8%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202135.4366 of 54633.0%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
202118.8650 of 78817.5%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMaryland percentileRating
20218.3517 of 5282.1%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2021)45th percentile+27 vs school
Hispanic (2021)38th percentile+20 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2021)33rd percentile+16 vs school
Male (2021)18th percentile~ school
Female (2021)14th percentile-3 vs school
White (2021)2nd percentile-15 vs school
By subject vs Maryland (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts32%-19 vs state
Mathematics14%-13 vs state
Science5%-20 vs state

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Richard Henry Lee Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.7% of Maryland elementary schools.

Students who attend Richard Henry Lee Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Corkran Middle School
High : Glen Burnie High

Students at Richard Henry Lee Elementary are 43% Hispanic, 34% White, 11% African American, 8% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 378 students attended Richard Henry Lee Elementary.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland State Department of Education.

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