Malcolm Elementary School

Set in Waldorf, Maryland, Malcolm Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, part of Charles County Public Schools. It hosts 415 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Malcolm Elementary School is one of 38 schools operated by Charles County Public Schools, a district that hosts 28,162 students overall.

On demographics, Malcolm Elementary School reports that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 22% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Malcolm Elementary School shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Malcolm Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.6%.

In the area at large, Charles County reports that median household income runs about $122,816, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Charles County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students), of which Malcolm Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Baden Elementary, around 3.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Malcolm Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Malcolm Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 31.0%.

Malcolm Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 424 students in 2018 compared to 415 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 44% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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