This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 98 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 155 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 160 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 116 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 115 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 110 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 83 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 39% smaller than its 8th grade class (160).
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What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 have held steady.
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.4% | 40.6% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 40.4% |
What this means: About 47% 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%.
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,503 | 87 | 17.3:1 | 39% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 1,500 | 84 | 17.9:1 | 37% (549) |
| 2022-23 | 1,486 | 82 | 18.1:1 | 36% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 1,393 | 79 | 17.6:1 | 32% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 38.5 | 17.2:1 | 28% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 25% (112) |
Since 2017-18: students up 127% (661 to 1,503); teachers up 126% (38.5 to 87).
Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter is the name of a large combined-grade school in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Enrolled students number 1,503 students, in kindergarten through 12. Statewide, combined schools in Maryland average about 275 students each.
Besides Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter, Prince George's County Public Schools runs 198 other schools. The district enrolls 132,693 students.
Black students make up 95% of enrollment at Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter. That compares with about 59% Black among all Prince George's County residents. Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter's diversity index is 10%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.3:1, with 87 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 10.6 students per teacher above the 6.7:1 average for combined schools in Maryland. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 39%. The average for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
The model predicts 50.9% for a school in Maryland with Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter's free or reduced-price lunch share. Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter posts 47.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Prince George's County, the median household income is $101,798, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter is one of 203 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Melwood Elementary is the closest, at about 1.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large). This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,503, an 8% rise from 1,393 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Chesapeake Math and IT South Public Charter may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
