Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DORCHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240030000841
Choptank Elementary School
1103 Mace's Lane, Cambridge, MD 21613 · (410) 228-4950 · Dorchester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
11.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
303 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 28 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
34.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +23.4pp since 2023
Math
18.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 18.8% |
| 2023-24 | 11.4% | 10.0% |
% 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
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Choptank Elementary School
Choptank Elementary School's state test result (18.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choptank Elementary School this school | 319 | 95.0% | 18.8% |
| John H. Bayne Elementary Capitol Heights | 339 | 90.9% | 24.4% |
| Frederick Elementary Baltimore | 320 | 88.8% | 11.2% |
| District Heights Elementary District Heights | 365 | 94.8% | 20.3% |
| J. Frank Dent Elementary Fort Washington | 243 | 92.2% | 24.5% |
| Westport Academy Baltimore | 251 | 92.8% | 13.8% |
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 Choptank Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Dorchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #802 of 853 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #763 of 853 ▲ 84 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #640 of 853 ▲ 206 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #726 of 898 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #157 of 857 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #584 of 857 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #11 of 885 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #195 of 551 | N/A |
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
319
+14 (+5%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 319 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 95% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 28 | 12.4:1 | 100% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 100% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 29 | 10.5:1 | 100% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 28.5 | 13.4:1 | 100% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 33 | 11.4:1 | 95% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 88% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 26 | 13.4:1 | 72% (251) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Choptank Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (382 to 319); teachers down 5% (28.5 to 27).
About Choptank Elementary School
Choptank Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of Cambridge, Maryland. Its enrollment is 319 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students, which makes this school 34% below average.
Dorchester County Public Schools, which runs Choptank Elementary School, has 11 schools and 4,586 students.
About 72% of the student body at Choptank Elementary School is Black. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% White. County-wide, 25% of Dorchester County residents are Black. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Choptank Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 27 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1. The school reported 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 22 points above the 73% average for public schools in Dorchester County.
On the allk12 Grade, Choptank Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 18.0%.
The county, Dorchester County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $61,839 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Choptank Elementary School, Dorchester County has 13 public schools.
Mace's Lane Middle School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Choptank Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Choptank Elementary School ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 18.8% against a local average of 39.4%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The school's enrollment rose 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.8:1.
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Dorchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,754
Census ACS
Median income
$61,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,586 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dorchester County Public Schools
- Cambridge-South Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 811 students
- North Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 526 students
- Mace's Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · 490 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- North Dorchester Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Sandy Hill ElementaryElementary · 393 students
Other schools in Cambridge
- Cambridge-South Dorchester High SchoolHigh · 811 students
- Mace's Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · 490 students
- Maple Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Sandy Hill ElementaryElementary · 393 students
- Dorchester County Career and Technology CenterHigh
- Judith P. Hoyer Early Childhood CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Mace's Lane Middle School0.1 mi · 490
- Cambridge-South Dorchester High School0.8 mi · 811
- Maple Elementary School1.1 mi · 483
- Sandy Hill Elementary1.7 mi · 393
- White Marsh Elementary7.9 mi · 289
- Warwick Elementary School8.8 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Choptank Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Choptank Elementary School?
Choptank Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Choptank Elementary School serve?
Choptank Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Choptank Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Choptank Elementary School is approximately 11.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Choptank Elementary School?
At Choptank Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 14% Hispanic, 72% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is Choptank Elementary School in?
Choptank Elementary School is part of Dorchester County Public Schools.
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