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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240015000505
Beach Elementary
7900 Old Bayside Rd, Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732 · (443) 550-9520 · Calvert County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
16.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
122 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
76.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +22.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.2% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 58.2% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Beach Elementary
Beach Elementary's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Elementary this school | 502 | 24.3% | 70.8% |
| Chesapeake Charter School Lexington Park | 539 | 26.9% | 55.0% |
| Plum Point Elementary Huntingtown | 568 | 21.1% | 51.7% |
| Huntingtown Elementary Huntingtown | 475 | 26.3% | 63.0% |
| Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary Leonardtown | 516 | 19.8% | 63.9% |
| Middletown Primary Middletown | 463 | 23.5% | N/A |
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 Beach Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Calvert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #93 of 853 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #22 of 853 ▲ 175 | #1 of 12 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #92 of 853 ▲ 61 | #3 of 12 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #377 of 898 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #709 of 857 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #410 of 857 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #756 of 885 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #292 of 551 | #5 of 10 |
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
502
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 806
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 502 | 31.3 | 16.0:1 | 24% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 31.6 | 16.5:1 | 24% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 29.9 | 16.4:1 | 19% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 16% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 33.1 | 17.3:1 | 13% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 15% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 24% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 31 | 18.0:1 | 16% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 806 | 36 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beach Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (571 to 502); teachers down 5% (33.1 to 31.3).
About Beach Elementary
Beach Elementary sits in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, and is classified as an elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 502 students in 2024-25.
The Calvert County Public Schools system has 24 schools and 14,849 students.
The student body at Beach Elementary is 61% White. It is also 16% Black, 14% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Calvert County's residents are about 75% White, 14 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Beach Elementary has a ratio of 16.0:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland is 2.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 24%. The average for public schools in Calvert County is 32%.
On the allk12 Grade, Beach Elementary lands at A, ahead of 88% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The model predicts 59.8% for a school in Maryland with Beach Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Beach Elementary posts 70.8%.
In the wider Calvert County area, median household income comes to about $133,922, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 2% of people live in poverty. Calvert County's 25 public schools enroll about 14,849 students and include Beach Elementary.
Windy Hill Elementary sits about 2.7 miles from Beach Elementary. Beach Elementary has 3 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 60.1%, lower than Beach Elementary's 70.8%.
NCES assigns Beach Elementary the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 19 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.3:1 to 16.0:1 over the same years.
The Beach Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Calvert County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,313
Census ACS
Median income
$133,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
14,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calvert County Public Schools
- Northern HighHigh · 1,478 students
- Huntingtown High SchoolHigh · 1,311 students
- Calvert HighHigh · 1,080 students
- Patuxent HighHigh · 928 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Windy Hill MiddleMiddle · 669 students
Other Beach Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Beach Elementary. Beach Elementary is the largest of the 7.
- Beach Elementary SchoolCEDAR SPRINGS, MI · 445 students
- Beach ElementaryPiedmont, CA · 323 students
- Beach Elementary SchoolMUSKEGON, MI · 295 students
- Beach Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 295 students
- Beach ElementaryPascagoula, MS · 100 students
Nearby schools
- Windy Hill Elementary2.7 mi · 598
- Windy Hill Middle2.8 mi · 669
- Sunderland Elementary3.7 mi · 606
- Mount Harmony Elementary5.0 mi · 656
- Huntingtown High School5.9 mi · 1,311
- Northern High6.1 mi · 1,478
Frequently asked questions
About Beach ElementaryHow large is Beach Elementary?
Beach Elementary enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Beach Elementary serve?
Beach Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Beach Elementary?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Beach Elementary.
How diverse is Beach Elementary?
Beach Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 8% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Beach Elementary?
Beach Elementary is overseen by Calvert County Public Schools in Calvert County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.