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Alumni: what's one memory from Mary B. Neal Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
626
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027001656
Mary B. Neal Elementary School
12105 St. George's Dr, Waldorf, MD 20602 · (301) 638-2617 · Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Maryland public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
15.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
304 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 | 50 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
41%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
49.0%
MD avg 50.6% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
MD avg 34.8% . -12.3pp 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 34 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 46.3% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Mary B. Neal Elementary School
Mary B. Neal Elementary School's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary B. Neal Elementary School this school | 626 | 48.6% | 45.5% |
| Billingsley Elementary School White Plains | 687 | 49.3% | 37.1% |
| Thomas G. Pullen Landover | 740 | 48.5% | 42.3% |
| Lyons Mill Elementary Owings Mills | 671 | 50.1% | 41.7% |
| Berry Elementary School Waldorf | 726 | 52.9% | 37.7% |
| William B. Wade Elementary School Waldorf | 651 | 57.1% | 38.5% |
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 Mary B. Neal Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #406 of 853 | #6 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #529 of 853 ▼ 194 | #13 of 22 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #444 of 853 ▼ 119 | #10 of 22 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #179 of 898 | #10 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #662 of 857 | #13 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #618 of 857 | #22 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.6% | #537 of 885 | #16 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #284 of 551 | #6 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
626
-52 (-8%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 777
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 626 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 49% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 48 | 12.3:1 | 46% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 45% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 678 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 31% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 43.1 | 16.6:1 | 30% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 46 | 16.3:1 | 33% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 777 | 34 | 22.9:1 | 33% (260) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary B. Neal Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (714 to 626); teachers down 7% (43.1 to 40).
About Mary B. Neal Elementary School
Mary B. Neal Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Waldorf, Maryland. It has an enrollment of 626 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Maryland enroll around 481, and this school is 30% above that mark.
Charles County Public Schools (38 schools, 28,162 students) runs Mary B. Neal Elementary School.
More than half of the students at Mary B. Neal Elementary School are Black (76%). The remaining shares are 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Charles County's population at about 49%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mary B. Neal Elementary School scores 41%.
For every teacher at Mary B. Neal Elementary School, there are about 15.7 students; the school has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 49%. The average for public schools in Charles County is similar, at 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mary B. Neal Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Mary B. Neal Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.5% is within a point of the 45.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Charles County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $122,816, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 40 public schools in the county, enrolling about 28,162, Mary B. Neal Elementary School among them.
About 0.6 miles separate Mary B. Neal Elementary School from the closest public school, Eva Turner Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Mary B. Neal Elementary School places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Mary B. Neal Elementary School's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 678 to 626, an 8% decrease.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Mary B. Neal Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Eva Turner Elementary School0.6 mi · 494
- Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary1.1 mi · 412
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle School1.1 mi · 920
- St. Charles High School1.3 mi · 1,617
- Arthur Middleton Elementary School1.6 mi · 774
- Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School1.6 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Mary B. Neal Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mary B. Neal Elementary School?
Mary B. Neal Elementary School enrolls approximately 626 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mary B. Neal Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mary B. Neal Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mary B. Neal Elementary School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Mary B. Neal Elementary School.
How diverse is Mary B. Neal Elementary School?
Mary B. Neal Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 10% Hispanic, 76% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary B. Neal Elementary School?
Mary B. Neal Elementary School is overseen by Charles County Public Schools in Charles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.