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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Calvert High this year?
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Enrollment
1,080
High
DISTRICT 961 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240015000508
Calvert High
520 Fox Run Blvd, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 · (443) 550-8880 · Calvert County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,080 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Maryland public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
424 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 295 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 285 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 262 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 238 | 22% |
Student demographics
60%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
77.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
10.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.9% | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 11.8% |
% 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Calvert High
Calvert High's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert High this school | 1,080 | 39.3% | 41.7% |
| Walkersville High Walkersville | 1,181 | 38.8% | 40.1% |
| Havre de Grace High Havre de Grace | 822 | 40.8% | 37.9% |
| Northeast High Pasadena | 1,387 | 42.8% | 37.9% |
| Winters Mill High Westminster | 1,156 | 37.1% | 42.5% |
| Queen Anne's County High School Centreville | 1,145 | 42.4% | 36.1% |
Matched among Maryland high 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 High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #61 of 203 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #106 of 206 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #36 of 206 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,080 | #133 of 234 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #137 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #89 of 211 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.3% | #146 of 212 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #18 of 76 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,080
-52 (-5%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,263
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 1,080 | 63.8 | 16.9:1 | 39% (424) |
| 2023-24 | 1,117 | 66.3 | 16.8:1 | 40% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 1,141 | 67.2 | 17.0:1 | 33% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 1,132 | 66 | 17.1:1 | 28% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 1,227 | 69.3 | 17.7:1 | 26% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 1,173 | 66 | 17.8:1 | 26% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 1,200 | 74 | 16.2:1 | 22% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 1,504 | 74 | 20.3:1 | 7% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 1,263 | 57 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calvert High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,227 to 1,080); teachers down 8% (69.3 to 63.8).
About Calvert High
Calvert High serves students in Prince Frederick, Maryland, as a mid-sized high school. It teaches 1,080 students in grades 9 through 12.
Calvert County Public Schools operates 24 schools. Combined enrollment is 14,849 students.
At Calvert High, 58% of students are White. The remaining students are 20% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Calvert County is about 75% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1. The school has 63.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 16.9:1 compares with an average of 15.3:1 for high schools in Maryland. Federal data show 39% of students (424) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Maryland public high schools, Calvert High outscored 76%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
In Maryland, Calvert High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.7% actual against a predicted 51.0%.
Looking at the county, Calvert County, 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. Calvert County has 25 public schools with about 14,849 students, including Calvert High.
Calvert County Alternative School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Calvert High is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 1,132 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 1,080 by 2024-25.
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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
- Patuxent HighHigh · 928 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Windy Hill MiddleMiddle · 669 students
- Mount Harmony ElementaryElementary · 656 students
Other schools in Prince Frederick
- Barstow ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- Calvert MiddleMiddle · 607 students
- Calvert ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- Calvert Country SchoolCombined · 40 students
- Calvert County Alternative SchoolHigh · 7 students
- Career and Technology AcademyHigh
Nearby schools
- Calvert County Alternative School0.1 mi · 7
- Calvert Middle0.4 mi · 607
- Calvert Country School0.6 mi · 40
- Calvert Elementary0.7 mi · 495
- Barstow Elementary1.7 mi · 630
- Plum Point Elementary2.9 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Calvert HighWhat is the total enrollment at Calvert High?
Calvert High enrolls approximately 1,080 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Calvert High serve?
Calvert High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Calvert High?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Calvert High.
How diverse is Calvert High?
Calvert High reports a student body of 58% White, 12% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Calvert High?
Calvert High 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.