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How has North Point High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,960
High
DISTRICT 1,348 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027001416
North Point High School
2500 Davis Rd, Waldorf, MD 20603 · (301) 753-1759 · Charles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,960 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Maryland public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
127 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
701 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 525 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 503 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 462 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 470 | 24% |
Student demographics
55%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
67.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
10.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 62.4% | 10.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% 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 North Point High School
North Point High School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Point High School this school | 1,960 | 35.8% | 37.7% |
| Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore | 1,632 | 47.8% | 62.5% |
| Maurice J. McDonough High School Pomfret | 1,163 | 40.9% | 35.2% |
| Oakland Mills High Columbia | 1,413 | 43.2% | 33.9% |
| Wilde Lake High Columbia | 1,197 | 42.6% | 32.5% |
| St. Charles High School Waldorf | 1,617 | 50.3% | 26.0% |
Matched among Maryland high 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 North Point High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #85 of 203 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #107 of 206 ▲ 51 | #1 of 7 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #73 of 206 ▲ 8 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,960 | #35 of 234 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #65 of 210 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #111 of 211 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.8% | #156 of 212 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.4% | #59 of 131 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,960
+147 (+8%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 2,219
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 1,960 | 127 | 15.4:1 | 36% (701) |
| 2023-24 | 1,914 | 125.5 | 15.3:1 | 32% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 1,867 | 123.5 | 15.1:1 | 30% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 1,813 | 129 | 14.1:1 | 23% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 1,744 | 123.2 | 14.2:1 | 14% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 1,814 | 123 | 14.8:1 | 18% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 2,219 | 130 | 17.1:1 | 12% (265) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Point High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (1,744 to 1,960); teachers up 3% (123.2 to 127).
About North Point High School
North Point High School serves students in Waldorf, Maryland, as a high-enrollment high school. The school serves 1,960 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Maryland average about 1,185 students.
Charles County Public Schools counts 38 schools and 28,162 students, including North Point High School.
Roughly 65% of students at North Point High School are Black. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Charles County, the Black share is about 49%. North Point High School's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 15.4 students per teacher and 127 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in Maryland average 15.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 36%. The rate at public schools in Charles County averages 50%, higher than here.
North Point High School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of Maryland public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. North Point High School posts 37.7% against a 53.0% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Maryland.
Federal survey data for Charles County show that the median household income is $122,816, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 40 public schools in Charles County, enrolling about 28,162 students in all.
The shortest distance from North Point High School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Theodore G. Davis Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. North Point High School places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment grew 8% from its 2020-21 level of 1,813. The ratio was 14.1:1 in 2020-21 and 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- 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
- Henry E. Lackey High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
Other schools in Waldorf
- 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
- William A. Diggs Elementary SchoolElementary · 876 students
Other North Point High schools
One other US public school is named North Point High. North Point High School is the largest of the 2.
- NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOLWENTZVILLE, MO · 1,433 students
Nearby schools
- Theodore G. Davis Middle School0.2 mi · 999
- William A. Diggs Elementary School0.5 mi · 876
- Mattawoman Middle School0.9 mi · 862
- Berry Elementary School1.0 mi · 726
- Westlake High School1.4 mi · 1,216
- William B. Wade Elementary School2.3 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About North Point High SchoolHow large is North Point High School?
North Point High School enrolls approximately 1,960 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does North Point High School serve?
North Point High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Point High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Point High School is approximately 15.4:1 (127 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at North Point High School?
Student demographics at North Point High School are roughly 9% White, 12% Hispanic, 65% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is North Point High School in?
North Point High School is part of Charles County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.