Established in 1959, Saint John the Evangelist is a Catholic parish school serving families with children in preschool through 8th grade in Severna Park. Currently, the school’s enrollment is 557 children and 69 staff and faculty.
At this time, 11% of the school enrollment comes from ethnic minority populations; 86% of the student enrollment identifies as Catholic. Throughout the school’s history, the Sisters of Saint Joseph have lived in community on campus and served as educators and leaders in different capacities.
Saint John the Evangelist School was designated a National Blue Ribbon School in 2009 and again in 2024. It is also a Maryland Green School. Over 70% of the faculty has earned masters degrees and 7 faculty members attended Saint John and returned to join the faculty. Over half the faculty has or had children or grandchildren attend the school. These two statistics demonstrate the importance of tradition and the culture rooted in family that Saint John the Evangelist School successfully develops for children and families. The school has the benefit of a large and vibrant parish to which many of school families choose to belong; and a far-reaching population of students in Anne Arundel County and from Baltimore City to the Eastern Shore of Maryland.