Maurice J. McDonough High School

Maurice J. McDonough High School operates as a middle-of-the-pack senior high in Pomfret, Maryland, operated by Charles County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,163 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Charles County Public Schools runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 28,162 students. Maurice J. McDonough High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Maurice J. McDonough High School shows that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 21% White, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. Compared to Charles County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Maurice J. McDonough High School logs 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Charles County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Maurice J. McDonough High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.0%; this one comes in at 35.2%, -14.8 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Charles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $122,816 per year, 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 Maurice J. McDonough High School is one.

Dr. James Craik Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maurice J. McDonough High School. On composite proficiency, Maurice J. McDonough High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 28%: 907 students in 2018 compared to 1,163 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 34% to 21%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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