George Washington Carver Elementary

George Washington Carver Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Great Mills, Maryland, one of the schools within St. Mary's County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 460 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

St. Mary's County Public Schools runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 16,905 students. George Washington Carver Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, George Washington Carver Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Hispanic, 13% White, 10% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at George Washington Carver Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Mary's County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), George Washington Carver Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.1%; this one delivers 36.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Mary's County shows median household income runs about $119,446, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, St. Mary's County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,905 students), of which George Washington Carver Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Great Mills High, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around George Washington Carver Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), George Washington Carver Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at George Washington Carver Elementary has decreased 28%, going from 635 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 17% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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