Chesapeake Charter School

Set in Lexington Park, Maryland, Chesapeake Charter School is a moderately sized K-5 school, operated by St. Mary's County Public Schools. It teaches 539 students across grades K through 8.

Chesapeake Charter School is one of 26 schools operated by St. Mary's County Public Schools, a district that caters to 16,905 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Chesapeake Charter School records that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 17% Black, 13% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, Chesapeake Charter School logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Mary's County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Chesapeake Charter School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.3%, the actual is 55.0%, a residual of -3.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for St. Mary's County put median household earnings sit near $119,446, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Chesapeake Charter School is one of 28 public schools in St. Mary's County (combined enrollment of about 16,905 students).

Nearest neighbor: Great Mills High, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chesapeake Charter School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chesapeake Charter School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. As a public charter, Chesapeake Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Chesapeake Charter School's enrollment has rose 30% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 539). The White share of enrollment contracted from 76% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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