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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mattawoman Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
862
Middle
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027000615
Mattawoman Middle School
10145 Berry Rd, Waldorf, MD 20603 · (301) 645-7708 · Charles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL862 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Maryland public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
467 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 282 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 301 | 35% |
Student demographics
47%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
40.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
MD avg 34.8% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 14.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mattawoman Middle School
Mattawoman Middle School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattawoman Middle School this school | 862 | 54.2% | 25.6% |
| Benjamin Tasker Middle Bowie | 1,058 | 53.8% | 38.9% |
| Gwynn Park Middle Brandywine | 702 | 56.1% | 23.9% |
| Theodore G. Davis Middle School Waldorf | 999 | 46.7% | 38.3% |
| MacArthur Middle Fort Meade | 992 | 54.2% | 26.2% |
| Samuel Ogle Middle Bowie | 806 | 55.3% | 35.5% |
Matched among Maryland middle 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 Mattawoman Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #170 of 223 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #185 of 223 ▼ 28 | #6 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #161 of 223 ▲ 8 | #5 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 862 | #77 of 230 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #217 of 225 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #164 of 225 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.2% | #105 of 227 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #37 of 123 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
862
-162 (-16%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 974
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 862 | 49 | 17.6:1 | 54% (467) |
| 2023-24 | 887 | 51 | 17.4:1 | 53% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 934 | 53.7 | 17.4:1 | 49% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 1,024 | 63 | 16.3:1 | 44% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 991 | 58.6 | 16.9:1 | 30% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 905 | 61 | 14.8:1 | 35% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 991 | 56 | 17.7:1 | 29% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 974 | 59 | 16.5:1 | 20% (198) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mattawoman Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (991 to 862); teachers down 16% (58.6 to 49).
About Mattawoman Middle School
Mattawoman Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Waldorf, Maryland. It has an enrollment of 862 students in grades 6 through 8.
In Charles County Public Schools, 38 schools enroll a combined 28,162 students.
The largest group at Mattawoman Middle School is Black students, at 71%. Smaller groups are 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% White. County-wide, 49% of Charles County residents are Black. The diversity index for Mattawoman Middle School is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 49 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Maryland average 14.3:1. Income data for the school show 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Mattawoman Middle School lands at D, ahead of 9% of Maryland public middle schools.
Schools in Maryland with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 42.2%. Mattawoman Middle School posts 25.6%, 16.5 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Charles County show that median household income comes to about $122,816, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Charles County counts 40 public schools with about 28,162 students.
Berry Elementary School is the nearest public school to Mattawoman Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Mattawoman Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 25.6% is below the 37.3% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Mattawoman Middle School as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Mattawoman Middle School had a net loss of 162 students, or 16%. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.3 to 17.6 over 4 years.
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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
- Berry Elementary School0.1 mi · 726
- North Point High School0.9 mi · 1,960
- Theodore G. Davis Middle School1.0 mi · 999
- William A. Diggs Elementary School1.3 mi · 876
- Westlake High School1.7 mi · 1,216
- C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School2.0 mi · 598
Frequently asked questions
About Mattawoman Middle SchoolHow large is Mattawoman Middle School?
Mattawoman Middle School enrolls approximately 862 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mattawoman Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mattawoman Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Mattawoman Middle School have?
Mattawoman Middle School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Mattawoman Middle School?
Student demographics at Mattawoman Middle School are roughly 4% White, 14% Hispanic, 71% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Mattawoman Middle School public or private?
Mattawoman Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charles County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.