Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240015000514
Mutual Elementary
1455 Ball Rd, Port Republic, MD 20676 · (443) 550-9650 · Calvert County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-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
14.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
121 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 34 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
69.6%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
56.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.6% | 56.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.6% | 64.0% |
% 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
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Mutual Elementary
Mutual Elementary's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mutual Elementary this school | 374 | 32.4% | 65.3% |
| Piney Point Elementary Tall Timbers | 435 | 35.9% | 47.4% |
| Hollywood Elementary Hollywood | 414 | 32.1% | 64.8% |
| Shady Side Elementary Shady Side | 391 | 27.6% | 46.6% |
| Dr. Thomas L. Higdon Elementary School Newburg | 428 | 40.0% | 49.9% |
| Dynard Elementary Chaptico | 422 | 39.6% | 50.3% |
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 Mutual Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Calvert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #152 of 853 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #223 of 853 ▼ 83 | #7 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #148 of 853 ▼ 23 | #6 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #642 of 898 | #12 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #491 of 857 | #5 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #553 of 857 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #692 of 885 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #407 of 551 | #7 of 10 |
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
374
+43 (+13%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 374 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 32% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 27.9 | 13.3:1 | 33% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 23% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 22% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 28.8 | 14.0:1 | 19% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 20% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 21% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 31 | 18.1:1 | 17% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 38 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mutual Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (403 to 374); teachers down 10% (28.8 to 26).
About Mutual Elementary
Mutual Elementary is a small elementary school in Port Republic, Maryland, (ZIP code 20676). The school reports 374 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Maryland is about 481 students.
Mutual Elementary is run by Calvert County Public Schools, whose 24 schools enroll 14,849 students.
White students are the majority at Mutual Elementary, with 70% of enrollment. Other groups make up 15% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Mutual Elementary total 26 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 32%. For comparison, public schools in Calvert County average 32%.
allk12 grades Mutual Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Mutual Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (65.3%) and its predicted rate (55.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
Among Calvert County residents, the median household income is $133,922, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 2% of residents are in poverty. Besides Mutual Elementary, Calvert County has 24 other public schools.
The closest public school, St Leonard Elementary, is about 1.9 miles from Mutual Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Mutual Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Mutual Elementary as Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 43 more students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.7:1 to 14.4:1.
Community posts for Mutual Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Calvert County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,313
Census ACS
Median income
$133,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
14,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calvert County Public Schools
- Northern HighHigh · 1,478 students
- Huntingtown High SchoolHigh · 1,311 students
- Calvert HighHigh · 1,080 students
- Patuxent HighHigh · 928 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Windy Hill MiddleMiddle · 669 students
Nearby schools
- St Leonard Elementary1.9 mi · 401
- Calvert Elementary6.0 mi · 495
- Calvert Country School6.1 mi · 40
- Calvert High6.3 mi · 1,080
- Barstow Elementary6.4 mi · 630
- Calvert County Alternative School6.4 mi · 7
Frequently asked questions
About Mutual ElementaryHow large is Mutual Elementary?
Mutual Elementary enrolls approximately 374 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mutual Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mutual Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mutual Elementary have?
Mutual Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is Mutual Elementary?
Mutual Elementary reports a student body of 70% White, 3% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Mutual Elementary?
Mutual Elementary is overseen by Calvert County Public Schools in Calvert County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.