Piccowaxen Middle School

Piccowaxen Middle School operates as a compact junior high in Newburg, Maryland, one of the schools within Charles County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 578 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 764 students each, so Piccowaxen Middle School sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Charles County Public Schools comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 28,162 students; Piccowaxen Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Piccowaxen Middle School reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 20% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, Charles County as a whole is about 33% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Piccowaxen Middle School logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Piccowaxen Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Charles County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Piccowaxen Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Charles County shows median household earnings sit near $122,816, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Charles County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students), Piccowaxen Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. Thomas L. Higdon Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Piccowaxen Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Piccowaxen Middle School has grew 38%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 578 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 77% to 60% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Piccowaxen Middle School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.