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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027000598
Malcolm Elementary School
14760 Poplar Hill Rd, Waldorf, MD 20601 · (301) 645-2691 · Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
13.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
208 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 | 42 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
70%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
49.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.6pp since 2023
Math
35.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 24.0% |
% 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Malcolm Elementary School
Malcolm Elementary School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Elementary School this school | 415 | 50.1% | 35.6% |
| Fullerton Elementary Baltimore | 383 | 52.2% | 46.3% |
| Cradlerock Elementary Columbia | 453 | 55.6% | 34.8% |
| Kenilworth Elementary Bowie | 364 | 48.6% | 34.8% |
| Warren Elementary Cockeysville | 381 | 51.4% | 45.2% |
| East Silver Spring Elementary Silver Spring | 540 | 52.6% | 51.0% |
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 Malcolm Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #531 of 853 | #15 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #507 of 853 ▲ 127 | #12 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #439 of 853 ▲ 162 | #9 of 22 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #568 of 898 | #19 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #422 of 857 | #5 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #171 of 857 | #2 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #518 of 885 | #13 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #508 of 551 | #13 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
415
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 415 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 50% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 28.2 | 15.1:1 | 47% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 27.9 | 14.8:1 | 47% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 36% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 26.6 | 15.9:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 20% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 24 | 20.9:1 | 17% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 471 | 26 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Malcolm Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (424 to 415); teachers up 13% (26.6 to 30).
About Malcolm Elementary School
Malcolm Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Waldorf, Maryland. It serves 415 students in pre-K through 5.
Across its 38 schools, Charles County Public Schools enrolls 28,162 students. Malcolm Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Malcolm Elementary School is Black (44%). Smaller groups are 22% White, 20% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Malcolm Elementary School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Malcolm Elementary School's 30 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.8:1. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is about 13.8:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 50%. That is close to the 50% average for public schools in Charles County.
The allk12 Grade for Malcolm Elementary School is C-. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Malcolm Elementary School is -9.0 points: 35.6% actual, 44.6% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Charles County show that median household income is about $122,816, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 40 public schools operate in Charles County, serving about 28,162 students.
The school nearest to Malcolm Elementary School is Baden Elementary, at a distance of about 3.4 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Malcolm Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Malcolm Elementary School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Malcolm Elementary School had 419 students in 2020-21 and 415 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.8:1) than in 2020-21 (15.0:1).
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Malcolm Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other Malcolm Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Malcolm Elementary. Malcolm Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- MALCOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMALCOLM, NE · 341 students
Nearby schools
- Baden Elementary3.4 mi · 184
- Thomas Stone High School4.8 mi · 1,230
- John Hanson Middle School4.9 mi · 727
- J. P. Ryon Elementary School5.0 mi · 640
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle School5.5 mi · 920
- Eva Turner Elementary School5.9 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About Malcolm Elementary SchoolHow large is Malcolm Elementary School?
Malcolm Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
Is Malcolm Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Malcolm Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Malcolm Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Malcolm Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Malcolm Elementary School?
At Malcolm Elementary School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 20% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Malcolm Elementary School in?
Malcolm Elementary School is part of Charles County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.