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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027000593
J. P. Ryon Elementary School
12140 Vivian Adams Dr, Waldorf, MD 20601 · (301) 645-3090 · Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Maryland public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
438 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 | 70 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
58%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
23.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
26.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.8% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 16.7% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 J. P. Ryon Elementary School
J. P. Ryon Elementary School's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. P. Ryon Elementary School this school | 640 | 68.4% | 23.9% |
| Owings Mills Elementary Owings Mills | 666 | 68.2% | 35.4% |
| Pleasant Plains Elementary Towson | 575 | 70.1% | 24.9% |
| Melwood Elementary Upper Marlboro | 531 | 68.2% | 29.6% |
| Edmondson Heights Elementary Baltimore | 556 | 70.1% | 28.6% |
| 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 J. P. Ryon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #740 of 853 | #21 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #645 of 853 ▲ 107 | #18 of 22 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #788 of 853 ▼ 109 | #22 of 22 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #161 of 898 | #9 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #519 of 857 | #9 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #408 of 857 | #10 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #296 of 885 | #2 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #237 of 551 | #3 of 15 |
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
640
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 539
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 640 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 68% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 619 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 74% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 42.2 | 15.2:1 | 73% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 61% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | 42 | 17.8:1 | 53% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 61% (414) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 57% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 24% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 28 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J. P. Ryon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (749 to 640); teachers up 5% (42 to 44).
About J. P. Ryon Elementary School
J. P. Ryon Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Waldorf, Maryland. It educates 640 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 33% above the 481 average for elementary schools in Maryland.
Enrollment across the 38 schools in Charles County Public Schools totals 28,162 students.
Black students are the majority at J. P. Ryon Elementary School, with 57% of enrollment. Other groups make up 29% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% White. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 44 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at J. P. Ryon Elementary School was 14.6:1. This ratio sits 0.7 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 68%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Charles County is 50%.
J. P. Ryon Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 6% of Maryland public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
J. P. Ryon Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.9%, compared with a predicted 33.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
Charles County census figures show that the median household income is $122,816, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 40 public schools in Charles County, enrolling about 28,162 students in all.
The closest public school to J. P. Ryon Elementary School is John Hanson Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. J. P. Ryon Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 23.9% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, J. P. Ryon Elementary School enrolled 630; in 2024-25, 640.
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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
- John Hanson Middle School0.2 mi · 727
- Thomas Stone High School0.5 mi · 1,230
- Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School1.5 mi · 497
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle School1.5 mi · 920
- Eva Turner Elementary School2.1 mi · 494
- Arthur Middleton Elementary School2.2 mi · 774
Frequently asked questions
About J. P. Ryon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at J. P. Ryon Elementary School?
J. P. Ryon Elementary School enrolls approximately 640 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does J. P. Ryon Elementary School serve?
J. P. Ryon Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does J. P. Ryon Elementary School have?
J. P. Ryon Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at J. P. Ryon Elementary School?
At J. P. Ryon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 29% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is J. P. Ryon Elementary School in?
J. P. Ryon Elementary School is part of Charles County Public Schools.
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