Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High

Located at 12650 Brooke Ln, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High is a sprawling 9-12 campus that educates 2,291 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Prince George's County Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 1,185 students per school, that is 93% larger than typical.

Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that instructs 132,693 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High logs that the largest single group is Black, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 22% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High has 121 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.9:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of -9.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

Barack Obama Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 2,321 (now 2,291). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 8% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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