Phoenix International School of the Arts

Phoenix International School of the Arts is an one-room-style intermediate school in La Plata, Maryland, part of Charles County Public Schools. The school works with 243 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 68% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Phoenix International School of the Arts is one of 38 schools operated by Charles County Public Schools, a district that educates 28,162 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Phoenix International School of the Arts lists that the largest single group is Black, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Phoenix International School of the Arts falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.4%; this one comes in at 21.1%, -28.2 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Charles County shows median household income runs about $122,816, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Phoenix International School of the Arts is one of 40 public schools in Charles County (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students).

Nearest neighbor: Milton M. Somers Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Phoenix International School of the Arts. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Phoenix International School of the Arts at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area. As a public charter, Phoenix International School of the Arts runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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