Esperanza Middle

Esperanza Middle is a 6-8 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Lexington Park, Maryland, run under St. Mary's County Public Schools, serveing 835 students in grades 6 through 8.

Esperanza Middle is one of 26 schools operated by St. Mary's County Public Schools, a district that hosts 16,905 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Esperanza Middle shows that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 27% Black, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Esperanza Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Esperanza Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.9%; this one delivers 43.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Mary's County put median household income runs about $119,446, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Esperanza Middle is one of 28 public schools in St. Mary's County (combined enrollment of about 16,905 students).

The closest other public school is Green Holly Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Esperanza Middle. On composite proficiency, Esperanza Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

Esperanza Middle operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Esperanza Middle's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 902 (now 835). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 53% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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