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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240015000517
Calvert Elementary
1450 Dares Beach Rd, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 · (443) 550-9550 · Calvert County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- ABeats 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
14.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
168 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 | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
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
76.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
62.7%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.8% | 62.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 64.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Maryland's top 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 Calvert Elementary
Calvert Elementary's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert Elementary this school | 495 | 33.9% | 70.1% |
| Leonardtown Elementary Leonardtown | 509 | 32.4% | 50.0% |
| Hollywood Elementary Hollywood | 414 | 32.1% | 64.8% |
| Pasadena Elementary Pasadena | 450 | 36.0% | 55.5% |
| Kennard Elementary School Centreville | 477 | 35.6% | 46.3% |
| Meadowvale Elementary Havre De Grace | 552 | 41.7% | 39.2% |
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 Calvert Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Calvert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #98 of 853 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #165 of 853 ▼ 28 | #5 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #87 of 853 ▼ 15 | #2 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #388 of 898 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #556 of 857 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #415 of 857 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #676 of 885 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #339 of 551 | #6 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
495
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 495 | 33.5 | 14.8:1 | 34% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 33.5 | 14.3:1 | 30% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 35.1 | 13.8:1 | 30% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 31% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 34.1 | 16.2:1 | 35% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 31 | 16.3:1 | 34% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 40% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 626 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 26% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 749 | 37 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calvert Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (551 to 495); teachers down 2% (34.1 to 33.5).
About Calvert Elementary
Calvert Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Prince Frederick, Maryland. Enrollment totals 495 students across pre-K through 5.
Calvert County Public Schools is the district for Calvert Elementary. It has 24 schools and 14,849 students.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Calvert Elementary. The next largest groups are 19% Black, 10% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. In Calvert County overall, about 75% of residents are White. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Calvert Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Calvert Elementary comes to 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. On the income side, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 32% average for public schools in Calvert County.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Calvert Elementary outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Maryland with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 54.1%. Calvert Elementary posts 70.1%, 15.9 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Calvert County show the median household earns about $133,922 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 2% of people live in poverty. Counting Calvert Elementary, Calvert County has 25 public schools.
Calvert Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Calvert Country School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Calvert Elementary, there are 7 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 70.1% is above the 49.9% average for nearby schools.
Calvert Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Enrollment went from 496 in 2020-21 to 495 in 2024-25, a change of 1 student.
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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 schools in Prince Frederick
- Calvert HighHigh · 1,080 students
- Barstow ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- Calvert MiddleMiddle · 607 students
- Calvert Country SchoolCombined · 40 students
- Calvert County Alternative SchoolHigh · 7 students
- Career and Technology AcademyHigh
Other Calvert Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Calvert Elementary. Calvert Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Calvert ElementaryRising Sun, MD · 390 students
- CALVERT ELEMENTARYAUBURN, NE · 531 students
- Calvert Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 408 students
- CALVERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 337 students
Nearby schools
- Calvert Country School0.2 mi · 40
- Calvert County Alternative School0.7 mi · 7
- Calvert High0.7 mi · 1,080
- Calvert Middle1.1 mi · 607
- Barstow Elementary2.4 mi · 630
- Plum Point Elementary3.1 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Calvert ElementaryHow many students attend Calvert Elementary?
Calvert Elementary enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-05.
Is Calvert Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Calvert Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Calvert Elementary?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Calvert Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Calvert Elementary?
Student demographics at Calvert Elementary are roughly 61% White, 9% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Calvert Elementary in?
Calvert Elementary is part of Calvert County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.