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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240015090465
Plum Point Elementary
1245 Plum Point Rd, Huntingtown, MD 20639 · (443) 550-9730 · Calvert County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
120 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
50%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
68.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +15.6pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
MD avg 34.8% . +12.6pp 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 49 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.2% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 36.7% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Plum Point Elementary
Plum Point Elementary's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Point Elementary this school | 568 | 21.1% | 51.7% |
| Sunderland Elementary Sunderland | 606 | 21.0% | 71.7% |
| Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary Leonardtown | 516 | 19.8% | 63.9% |
| Deer Crossing Elementary New Market | 528 | 19.3% | 69.1% |
| Belvedere Elementary Arnold | 542 | 21.6% | 67.1% |
| Hickory Elementary Bel Air | 635 | 24.9% | 63.5% |
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 Plum Point Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Calvert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #322 of 853 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #305 of 853 ▲ 145 | #10 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #166 of 853 ▲ 165 | #7 of 12 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #257 of 898 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #550 of 857 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #521 of 857 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.1% | #776 of 885 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #540 of 551 | #10 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
568
-34 (-6%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 568 | 38.5 | 14.8:1 | 21% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 36.5 | 15.2:1 | 19% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 34.5 | 16.8:1 | 19% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 16% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 33.1 | 17.3:1 | 18% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 17% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 38 | 19.4:1 | 7% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plum Point Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (571 to 568); teachers up 16% (33.1 to 38.5).
About Plum Point Elementary
Plum Point Elementary, located in Huntingtown, Maryland, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 568 students.
Plum Point Elementary is part of a district of 24 schools: Calvert County Public Schools, with 14,849 students.
The share of White students at Plum Point Elementary is 69%, a majority. Smaller groups are 12% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
There are about 14.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Plum Point Elementary, which has 38.5. Elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1, 0.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Plum Point Elementary is about 21%. The rate at public schools in Calvert County averages 32%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Plum Point Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Maryland public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 61.7%.
In Calvert County, median household income comes to about $133,922, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 2% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Calvert County counts 25 public schools with about 14,849 students.
The closest school to Plum Point Elementary is Plum Point Middle, located about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 53.1% on proficiency, and Plum Point Elementary is below that at 51.7%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Plum Point Elementary had a net loss of 34 students, or 6%.
The allk12 page for Plum Point Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Other schools in Huntingtown
- Huntingtown High SchoolHigh · 1,311 students
- Plum Point MiddleMiddle · 619 students
- Huntingtown ElementaryElementary · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Plum Point Middle0.2 mi · 619
- Huntingtown High School2.0 mi · 1,311
- Calvert Middle2.7 mi · 607
- Huntingtown Elementary2.8 mi · 475
- Calvert County Alternative School2.8 mi · 7
- Calvert High2.9 mi · 1,080
Frequently asked questions
About Plum Point ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Plum Point Elementary?
Plum Point Elementary enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Plum Point Elementary serve?
Plum Point Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Plum Point Elementary have?
Plum Point Elementary employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Plum Point Elementary?
Student demographics at Plum Point Elementary are roughly 69% White, 8% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Plum Point Elementary in?
Plum Point Elementary is part of Calvert County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.