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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARY'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240060001228
Leonardtown Elementary
22885 Duke St, Leonardtown, MD 20650 · (301) 475-0250 · St. Mary's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
16.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
165 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 51 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
58.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +10.3pp since 2023
Math
42.5%
MD avg 34.8% . -7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.8% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 50.1% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Leonardtown Elementary
Leonardtown Elementary's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardtown Elementary this school | 509 | 32.4% | 50.0% |
| William S. James Elementary Abingdon | 463 | 29.2% | 57.1% |
| Prospect Mill Elementary Bel Air | 579 | 33.2% | 66.3% |
| Bel Air Elementary Bel Air | 521 | 31.3% | 72.7% |
| Calvert Elementary Prince Frederick | 495 | 33.9% | 70.1% |
| Chesapeake Charter School Lexington Park | 539 | 26.9% | 55.0% |
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 Leonardtown Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In St. Mary's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #335 of 853 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #400 of 853 ▼ 117 | #14 of 19 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #309 of 853 ▲ 81 | #8 of 19 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #365 of 898 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #755 of 857 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #475 of 857 | #10 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #691 of 885 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #163 of 294 | N/A |
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
509
+73 (+17%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 509 | 30.8 | 16.5:1 | 32% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 28% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 29% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 26% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 26% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 29% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 21% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 28 | 19.8:1 | 18% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 28 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leonardtown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (473 to 509); teachers up 6% (29 to 30.8).
About Leonardtown Elementary
At 22885 Duke St in Leonardtown, Maryland, Leonardtown Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 509 students in pre-K through 5.
Leonardtown Elementary is one school in a 26-school district, St. Mary's County Public Schools, which enrolls 16,905 students.
At Leonardtown Elementary, 66% of students are White. It is also 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Leonardtown Elementary scores 53%.
On staff are 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. About 32% of students at Leonardtown Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in St. Mary's County average 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, Leonardtown Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Leonardtown Elementary is 55.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.0%.
In St. Mary's County, the median household earns about $119,446 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. St. Mary's County has 28 public schools with about 16,905 students, including Leonardtown Elementary.
Leonardtown Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary, about 1.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Local comparison: Leonardtown Elementary ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 50.0% versus a 54.3% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 509, up from 436 in 2020-21.
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St. Mary's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,126
Census ACS
Median income
$119,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
16,905 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Mary's County Public Schools
- Leonardtown HighHigh · 2,118 students
- Great Mills HighHigh · 1,697 students
- Chopticon HighHigh · 1,526 students
- Leonardtown MiddleMiddle · 969 students
- Spring Ridge MiddleMiddle · 913 students
- Margaret Brent MiddleMiddle · 878 students
Other schools in Leonardtown
- Leonardtown HighHigh · 2,118 students
- Leonardtown MiddleMiddle · 969 students
- Captain Walter Francis Duke ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary1.2 mi · 516
- Leonardtown Middle2.2 mi · 969
- Leonardtown High2.4 mi · 2,118
- Benjamin Banneker Elementary3.0 mi · 543
- Evergreen Elementary School4.1 mi · 715
- Chopticon High5.7 mi · 1,526
Frequently asked questions
About Leonardtown ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Leonardtown Elementary?
Leonardtown Elementary enrolls approximately 509 students in grades PK-05.
Is Leonardtown Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leonardtown Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leonardtown Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leonardtown Elementary is approximately 16.5:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Leonardtown Elementary?
Student demographics at Leonardtown Elementary are roughly 66% White, 6% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Leonardtown Elementary in?
Leonardtown Elementary is part of St. Mary's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.