Evergreen Elementary School

Evergreen Elementary School is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in California, Maryland, part of St. Mary's County Public Schools, hosting 715 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Evergreen Elementary School sits 49% above that benchmark.

Evergreen Elementary School is one of 26 schools operated by St. Mary's County Public Schools, a district that teaches 16,905 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Evergreen Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, St. Mary's County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Evergreen Elementary School reports 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Evergreen Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than St. Mary's County's rate of about 41%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Evergreen Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.3%, the actual is 57.1%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for St. Mary's County shows the typical household earns roughly $119,446 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, St. Mary's County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,905 students), of which Evergreen Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Hollywood Elementary, roughly 2.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Evergreen Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 769 students in 2018 compared to 715 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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