Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027001492
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School
9275 Ironsides Rd, Nanjemoy, MD 20662 · (301) 246-4383 · Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 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.
- B-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
11.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
151 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 30 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
59%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
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
41.3%
MD avg 50.6% . -7.7pp since 2023
Math
44.1%
MD avg 34.8% . +4.9pp 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 44 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.3% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 39.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School this school | 269 | 56.1% | 43.4% |
| Town Creek Elementary Lexington Park | 220 | 56.4% | 44.1% |
| Middleborough Elementary Baltimore | 288 | 48.3% | 42.5% |
| Fruitland Intermediate Fruitland | 343 | 57.1% | 41.1% |
| White Marsh Elementary Trappe | 289 | 57.1% | 55.5% |
| Westside Intermediate Hebron | 342 | 49.7% | 53.3% |
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 Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #439 of 853 | #9 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #375 of 853 ▲ 39 | #6 of 22 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #544 of 853 ▼ 165 | #12 of 22 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #792 of 898 | #22 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #94 of 857 | #1 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #385 of 857 | #8 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #471 of 885 | #10 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #373 of 551 | #9 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
269
+39 (+17%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 432
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 269 | 24 | 11.2:1 | 56% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 22.3 | 12.6:1 | 52% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 22.4 | 12.8:1 | 52% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 21 | 10.9:1 | 53% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 22.3 | 13.3:1 | 48% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 56% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 58% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 50% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (295 to 269); teachers up 8% (22.3 to 24).
About Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in Nanjemoy, Maryland. It teaches 269 students in pre-K through 5. It has 44% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Maryland (about 481).
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School falls under Charles County Public Schools, which has 38 schools enrolling 28,162 students.
Of every 100 students at Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School, about 57 are White. Other reported shares: 26% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Charles County's residents are about 33% White, 24 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School scores 59%.
On staff are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1. Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 56%.
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 46% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.4% and a predicted 41.0%.
For the population of Charles County, 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's 40 public schools enroll about 28,162 students and include Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Gale-Bailey Elementary School is closest at about 7.3 miles. There are 6 more public schools inside ten miles. On state test proficiency, Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 17%.
The discussion board for Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
Nearby schools
- Gale-Bailey Elementary School7.3 mi · 344
- Henry E. Lackey High School8.9 mi · 1,033
- Potomac Shores Middle9.3 mi · 1,229
- Triangle Elementary9.5 mi · 795
- Covington-Harper Elementary9.7 mi · 1,025
- Indian Head Elementary School9.9 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School?
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School have?
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
How diverse is Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School?
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 9% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Mt Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School?
Mt Hope/Nanjemoy 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.