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Enrollment
774
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027000582
Arthur Middleton Elementary School
1109 Copley Ave, Waldorf, MD 20602 · (301) 645-3338 · Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL774 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
378 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
52.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +27.7pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +15.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 28 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 22.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arthur Middleton Elementary School
Arthur Middleton Elementary School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Middleton Elementary School this school | 774 | 48.8% | 34.5% |
| Berry Elementary School Waldorf | 726 | 52.9% | 37.7% |
| Billingsley Elementary School White Plains | 687 | 49.3% | 37.1% |
| Monarch Global Academy PCS Laurel Campus Laurel | 830 | 57.2% | 45.7% |
| William A. Diggs Elementary School Waldorf | 876 | 41.0% | 39.1% |
| Galway Elementary Silver Spring | 695 | 58.6% | 46.5% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arthur Middleton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #554 of 853 | #16 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #463 of 853 ▲ 192 | #10 of 22 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #381 of 853 ▲ 348 | #6 of 22 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 774 | #48 of 898 | #2 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #681 of 857 | #14 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #407 of 857 | #9 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #533 of 885 | #15 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +58.6% | #10 of 294 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
774
+229 (+42%) vs 2020
+76% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 774 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 49% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 40.4 | 17.2:1 | 46% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 38.6 | 16.0:1 | 53% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 46% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 28.8 | 17.0:1 | 48% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 50% (218) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 34% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 28 | 18.2:1 | 25% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 26 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arthur Middleton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 59% (488 to 774); teachers up 70% (28.8 to 49).
About Arthur Middleton Elementary School
Waldorf, Maryland, is home to Arthur Middleton Elementary School, a large elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 774 students. The average among elementary schools in Maryland is roughly 481 students; this school is 61% above that.
Charles County Public Schools includes 38 schools. Together they enroll 28,162 students.
At 59%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Arthur Middleton Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% White, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Charles County, the Black share is about 49%. By the diversity index, Arthur Middleton Elementary School comes in at 58%.
Arthur Middleton Elementary School operates with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.8:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Arthur Middleton Elementary School reports 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 50% average for public schools in Charles County.
The allk12 Grade for Arthur Middleton Elementary School is C-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Arthur Middleton Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.5% and a predicted 45.3%.
Charles County census figures show that median household income is about $122,816, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 40 public schools operate in Charles County, serving about 28,162 students.
The nearest public school is Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary, at about 0.6 miles. Arthur Middleton Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 34.5% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 545 in 2020-21 and 774 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The ratio was 14.7:1 in 2020-21 and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Charles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
170,527
Census ACS
Median income
$122,816
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
28,162 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charles County Public Schools
- North Point High SchoolHigh · 1,960 students
- St. Charles High SchoolHigh · 1,617 students
- Thomas Stone High SchoolHigh · 1,230 students
- La Plata High SchoolHigh · 1,217 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- Maurice J. McDonough High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
Other schools in Waldorf
- North Point High SchoolHigh · 1,960 students
- St. Charles High SchoolHigh · 1,617 students
- Thomas Stone High SchoolHigh · 1,230 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- Theodore G. Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary0.6 mi · 412
- Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School0.7 mi · 497
- Eva Turner Elementary School1.2 mi · 494
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle School1.3 mi · 920
- Mary B. Neal Elementary School1.6 mi · 626
- William B. Wade Elementary School1.7 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Arthur Middleton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Arthur Middleton Elementary School?
Arthur Middleton Elementary School enrolls approximately 774 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Arthur Middleton Elementary School serve?
Arthur Middleton Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Arthur Middleton Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Arthur Middleton Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Arthur Middleton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Arthur Middleton Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 25% Hispanic, 59% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Arthur Middleton Elementary School in?
Arthur Middleton Elementary School is part of Charles County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.