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What's something Berry Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
726
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027000805
Berry Elementary School
10155 Berry Rd, Waldorf, MD 20603 · (301) 638-2330 · Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- 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
16.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
384 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 | 60 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
56%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
52.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.3pp since 2023
Math
32.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 29.8% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Berry Elementary School
Berry Elementary School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Elementary School this school | 726 | 52.9% | 37.7% |
| Billingsley Elementary School White Plains | 687 | 49.3% | 37.1% |
| William B. Wade Elementary School Waldorf | 651 | 57.1% | 38.5% |
| Arthur Middleton Elementary School Waldorf | 774 | 48.8% | 34.5% |
| Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School Waldorf | 661 | 59.9% | 26.1% |
| J. C. Parks Elementary School Indian Head | 653 | 59.7% | 34.2% |
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 Berry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #506 of 853 | #13 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #558 of 853 ▼ 12 | #15 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #393 of 853 ▲ 166 | #7 of 22 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 726 | #80 of 898 | #3 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #721 of 857 | #16 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #446 of 857 | #12 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.9% | #493 of 885 | #11 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #98 of 551 | #1 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
726
+51 (+8%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 726 | 45 | 16.1:1 | 53% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 45.8 | 16.5:1 | 50% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 45.7 | 15.8:1 | 50% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 36% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 967 | 49.8 | 19.4:1 | 24% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 918 | 48 | 19.1:1 | 31% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 799 | 42 | 19.0:1 | 19% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 36 | 21.6:1 | 9% (67) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (967 to 726); teachers down 10% (49.8 to 45).
About Berry Elementary School
Waldorf, Maryland, is home to Berry Elementary School, a large elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 726 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Maryland enroll about 481 students on average.
Berry Elementary School reports to Charles County Public Schools, which has 38 schools and 28,162 students.
Black students are 64% of those enrolled at Berry Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% White, and 5% Asian. In Charles County overall, about 49% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1. The school has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Federal data show 53% of students (384) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Berry Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 28% of Maryland public elementary schools.
A school with Berry Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 42.9%. Berry Elementary School scores 37.7%, 5.2 points below that line.
Census data for Charles County show the median household earns about $122,816 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Charles County number 40, with about 28,162 students.
Mattawoman Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Berry Elementary School is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Berry Elementary School is Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 726 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 675. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.0:1 to 16.1:1 over the same years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Berry Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Other Berry Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Berry Elementary. Berry Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Berry Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 745 students
- Berry Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 727 students
- Berry ElementaryAppleton, WI · 368 students
- Berry Elementary SchoolBerry, AL · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Mattawoman Middle School0.1 mi · 862
- North Point High School1.0 mi · 1,960
- Theodore G. Davis Middle School1.0 mi · 999
- William A. Diggs Elementary School1.4 mi · 876
- Westlake High School1.8 mi · 1,216
- Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School2.0 mi · 661
Frequently asked questions
About Berry Elementary SchoolHow large is Berry Elementary School?
Berry Elementary School enrolls approximately 726 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Berry Elementary School serve?
Berry Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Berry Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Berry Elementary School.
How diverse is Berry Elementary School?
Berry Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 15% Hispanic, 64% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Berry Elementary School in?
Berry Elementary School is part of Charles County Public Schools.
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