General Smallwood Middle School

General Smallwood Middle School, a small middle-grades school in Indian Head, Maryland, one of the schools within Charles County Public Schools, teaches 500 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 764.

Across the 38 schools in Charles County Public Schools (28,162 students total), General Smallwood Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, General Smallwood Middle School logs that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% White, 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Charles County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Charles County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, General Smallwood Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.8%; actual is 24.3%, a gap of -14.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Charles County) logs that median household income runs about $122,816, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Charles County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students), of which General Smallwood Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Henry E. Lackey High School, roughly 1.7 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts General Smallwood Middle School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

General Smallwood Middle School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 525 students in 2018 compared to 500 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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