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Alumni: what's one memory from Piney Point Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. MARY'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240060001235
Piney Point Elementary
44550 Tall Timbers Rd, Tall Timbers, MD 20690 · (301) 994-2205 · St. Mary's County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Maryland public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
156 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 54%
Community
5
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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
48.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
45.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 49.3% | 45.8% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Piney Point Elementary
Piney Point Elementary's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Point Elementary this school | 435 | 35.9% | 47.4% |
| Kennard Elementary School Centreville | 477 | 35.6% | 46.3% |
| Dynard Elementary Chaptico | 422 | 39.6% | 50.3% |
| Jacobsville Elementary Pasadena | 474 | 38.0% | 50.4% |
| Lettie Marshall Dent Elem Mechanicsville | 479 | 38.4% | 44.3% |
| Spring Garden Elementary Hampstead | 439 | 32.8% | 62.1% |
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 Piney Point Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In St. Mary's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #370 of 853 | #12 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #353 of 853 ▼ 14 | #11 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #447 of 853 ▼ 72 | #15 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #536 of 898 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #737 of 857 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #609 of 857 | #15 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #659 of 885 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #379 of 551 | #12 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
435
+29 (+7%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 435 | 26.7 | 16.3:1 | 36% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 26.7 | 16.9:1 | 36% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 25.9 | 17.5:1 | 37% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 24 | 16.9:1 | 32% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 26.4 | 18.1:1 | 30% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 26 | 19.0:1 | 28% (139) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 25% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 12% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 23 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Piney Point Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (476 to 435); teachers up 1% (26.4 to 26.7).
About Piney Point Elementary
Piney Point Elementary, located in Tall Timbers, Maryland, is a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 435 students in pre-K through 5.
St. Mary's County Public Schools enrolls 16,905 students in 26 schools, including Piney Point Elementary.
The student body at Piney Point Elementary is 75% White. After that, the student body is 12% multiracial, 7% Black, and 5% Hispanic. Among St. Mary's County residents, the White share is about 71%. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Piney Point Elementary are from different groups.
Piney Point Elementary reports a ratio of 16.3 students per teacher, from 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Lunch program data show 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On the allk12 Grade, Piney Point Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Piney Point Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.4%, compared with a predicted 53.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
St. Mary's County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $119,446 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Piney Point Elementary shares St. Mary's County with 27 other public schools.
Chesapeake Charter School sits about 5.7 miles from Piney Point Elementary. Piney Point Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Piney Point Elementary comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 29 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Piney Point Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
St. Mary's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,126
Census ACS
Median income
$119,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
16,905 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Mary's County Public Schools
- Leonardtown HighHigh · 2,118 students
- Great Mills HighHigh · 1,697 students
- Chopticon HighHigh · 1,526 students
- Leonardtown MiddleMiddle · 969 students
- Spring Ridge MiddleMiddle · 913 students
- Margaret Brent MiddleMiddle · 878 students
Other Piney Point Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Piney Point Elementary. Piney Point Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Piney Point Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,286 students
Nearby schools
- Chesapeake Charter School5.7 mi · 539
- Park Hall Elementary6.0 mi · 569
- Great Mills High6.1 mi · 1,697
- George Washington Carver Elementary6.5 mi · 460
- Lexington Park Elementary7.7 mi · 383
- Spring Ridge Middle8.0 mi · 913
Frequently asked questions
About Piney Point ElementaryHow many students attend Piney Point Elementary?
Piney Point Elementary enrolls approximately 435 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Piney Point Elementary serve?
Piney Point Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Piney Point Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Piney Point Elementary.
How diverse is Piney Point Elementary?
Piney Point Elementary reports a student body of 75% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Piney Point Elementary?
Piney Point Elementary is overseen by St. Mary's County Public Schools in St. Mary's County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.