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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
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
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
5
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 | 65 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
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.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.3% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 18.7% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School this school | 497 | 77.9% | 24.9% |
| Woodhome Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 496 | 73.6% | 19.6% |
| Arlington Elementary Baltimore | 529 | 81.1% | 23.3% |
| Halstead Academy Baltimore | 489 | 78.5% | 18.1% |
| Sandalwood Elementary Baltimore | 440 | 83.0% | 46.6% |
| Featherbed Lane Elementary Baltimore | 572 | 71.7% | 31.2% |
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 Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #720 of 853 | #20 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #736 of 853 ▼ 13 | #22 of 22 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #727 of 853 ▼ 79 | #20 of 22 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #385 of 898 | #15 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #526 of 857 | #10 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #498 of 857 | #15 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #198 of 885 | #1 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.2% | #87 of 294 | #2 of 6 |
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
497
-69 (-12%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 497 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 78% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 35.1 | 14.9:1 | 82% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 555 | 38.3 | 14.5:1 | 83% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 36 | 15.7:1 | 71% (401) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 29.5 | 14.4:1 | 64% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 73% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 65% (247) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 56% (289) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 26 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (424 to 497); teachers up 15% (29.5 to 34).
About Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School
Students in Waldorf, Maryland, attend Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 497 students.
Within Charles County Public Schools, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School is one of 38 schools. The district enrolls 28,162 students.
About 65% of the student body at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School is Black. Smaller groups are 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% White. County-wide, 49% of Charles County residents are Black. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School are from different groups.
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. The school's 14.6:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Maryland. The school has 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Charles County averages 50%, lower than here.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
In Maryland, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 24.9% actual against a predicted 28.1%.
In Charles County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $122,816 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School, Charles County has 40 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Arthur Middleton Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 497, compared with 566 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.6:1) than in 2020-21 (15.7:1).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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.