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What's something Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027000585
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School
820 Stone Ave, Waldorf, MD 20602 · (301) 645-3686 · Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
387 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 54%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
29.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
20.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
497
+73 (+17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.4:1
% White
3%
was 11%
% Hispanic
23%
was 17%
% Black
65%
was 62%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School, a mid-sized K-5 school in Waldorf, Maryland, one of the schools within Charles County Public Schools, educates 497 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School is one of 38 schools operated by Charles County Public Schools, a district that teaches 28,162 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 49% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Charles County's rate of about 50%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.9%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Charles County) shows that median household earnings sit near $122,816, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Charles County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students), of which Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Arthur Middleton Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.4%.
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School operates from a residential location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School has increased 17%, going from 424 students in 2018 to 497 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 11% to 3% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Charles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
170,527
Census ACS
Median income
$122,816
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
28,162 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charles County Public Schools
- North Point High SchoolHigh · 1,960 students
- St. Charles High SchoolHigh · 1,617 students
- Thomas Stone High SchoolHigh · 1,230 students
- La Plata High SchoolHigh · 1,217 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- Maurice J. McDonough High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
Other schools in Waldorf
- North Point High SchoolHigh · 1,960 students
- St. Charles High SchoolHigh · 1,617 students
- Thomas Stone High SchoolHigh · 1,230 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- Theodore G. Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
Nearby schools
- Arthur Middleton Elementary School0.7 mi · 774
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle School0.8 mi · 920
- Eva Turner Elementary School1.1 mi · 494
- Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary1.1 mi · 412
- Thomas Stone High School1.4 mi · 1,230
- J. P. Ryon Elementary School1.5 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School?
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School serve?
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School?
At Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 23% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School?
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School is overseen by Charles County Public Schools in Charles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.