Billingsley Elementary School

Billingsley Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in White Plains, Maryland, overseen by Charles County Public Schools, with 687 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% larger than the state mean of about 481.

Charles County Public Schools comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 28,162 students; Billingsley Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Billingsley Elementary School records that 71% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% White, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Billingsley Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.1%.

Around the school, Charles County reports that median household earnings sit near $122,816, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Charles County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students), Billingsley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Westlake High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Billingsley Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

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