📍 2798 Champion Forest Avenue, Jessup, Anne Arundel County, 20794
Jessup Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jessup, Anne Arundel County. The school has 597 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 14% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jessup Elementary enrolls 597 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% Hispanic or Latino, 29% Black or African American and 25% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 177 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 175 | 29% |
| White | 148 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 57 | 9.5% |
| Asian | 38 | 6.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
280 of the school's 597 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 246 qualify for free lunch and 34 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jessup Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-50, state senate district 32, state house district 32.
Jessup Elementary is one of 126 schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools, based in Annapolis, Maryland. The district serves 85,029 students district-wide and employs 5,930 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 597 students, Jessup Elementary is close to the district average of about 675 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large