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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARY'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240060001216
Benjamin Banneker Elementary
27180 Point Lookout Rd, Loveville, MD 20656 · (301) 475-0260 · St. Mary's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
199 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
52.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +3.1pp 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 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.8% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 37.9% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Benjamin Banneker Elementary
Benjamin Banneker Elementary's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Banneker Elementary this school | 543 | 36.6% | 47.1% |
| Kennard Elementary School Centreville | 477 | 35.6% | 46.3% |
| Lettie Marshall Dent Elem Mechanicsville | 479 | 38.4% | 44.3% |
| Runnymede Elementary Westminster | 625 | 34.4% | 62.8% |
| Jacobsville Elementary Pasadena | 474 | 38.0% | 50.4% |
| Centreville Elementary School Centreville | 535 | 35.0% | 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 Benjamin Banneker Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In St. Mary's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #372 of 853 | #13 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #419 of 853 ▲ 9 | #15 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #380 of 853 ▼ 99 | #12 of 19 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #290 of 898 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #415 of 857 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #632 of 857 | #16 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #653 of 885 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #179 of 551 | #8 of 15 |
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
543
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 543 | 39.5 | 13.8:1 | 37% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 40.5 | 13.0:1 | 36% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 40.5 | 14.6:1 | 42% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 48 | 11.2:1 | 35% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 42.6 | 15.5:1 | 34% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 34% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 23% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 36 | 14.0:1 | 25% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 23 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Banneker Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (661 to 543); teachers down 7% (42.6 to 39.5).
About Benjamin Banneker Elementary
Benjamin Banneker Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Maryland, with an address in Loveville. It had 543 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
The district for Benjamin Banneker Elementary is St. Mary's County Public Schools, with 26 schools and 16,905 students.
Federal enrollment data show Benjamin Banneker Elementary is 77% White. Next come 10% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
There are 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Of all students at Benjamin Banneker Elementary, 37% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Benjamin Banneker Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Benjamin Banneker Elementary would score about 52.5%. It scores 47.1%, 5.4 points below that figure.
In St. Mary's County, the median household earns about $119,446 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. St. Mary's County has 28 public schools with about 16,905 students, including Benjamin Banneker Elementary.
Benjamin Banneker Elementary is about 2.4 miles from Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary, its nearest public school. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Benjamin Banneker Elementary's average proficiency of 47.1% compares with 52.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Benjamin Banneker Elementary is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (536) and 2024-25 (543). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 13.8:1, from 11.2:1.
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St. Mary's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,126
Census ACS
Median income
$119,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
16,905 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Mary's County Public Schools
- Leonardtown HighHigh · 2,118 students
- Great Mills HighHigh · 1,697 students
- Chopticon HighHigh · 1,526 students
- Leonardtown MiddleMiddle · 969 students
- Spring Ridge MiddleMiddle · 913 students
- Margaret Brent MiddleMiddle · 878 students
Nearby schools
- Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary2.4 mi · 516
- Chopticon High2.6 mi · 1,526
- Leonardtown Elementary3.0 mi · 509
- Margaret Brent Middle4.1 mi · 878
- Dynard Elementary4.7 mi · 422
- Oakville Elementary4.7 mi · 291
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Banneker ElementaryHow many students attend Benjamin Banneker Elementary?
Benjamin Banneker Elementary enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Benjamin Banneker Elementary serve?
Benjamin Banneker Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Benjamin Banneker Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Benjamin Banneker Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Benjamin Banneker Elementary?
Benjamin Banneker Elementary reports a student body of 77% White, 5% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Benjamin Banneker Elementary?
Benjamin Banneker Elementary is overseen by St. Mary's County Public Schools in St. Mary's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.