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Enrollment
619
Middle
DISTRICT 586 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240015000027
Plum Point Middle
1475 Plum Point Rd, Huntingtown, MD 20639 · (443) 550-9170 · Calvert County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Maryland public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
128 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 177 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 213 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 37% |
Student demographics
45%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
74.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
42.2%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 42.2% |
| 2023-24 | 66.5% | 43.6% |
% 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Middle
Plum Point Middle's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Point Middle this school | 619 | 20.7% | 56.6% |
| Magothy River Middle Arnold | 655 | 18.2% | 57.3% |
| Severn River Middle Arnold | 675 | 20.3% | 58.4% |
| New Market Middle New Market | 676 | 17.9% | 52.2% |
| Northern Middle Owings | 745 | 17.0% | 59.6% |
| Shiloh Middle Hampstead | 631 | 27.3% | 52.7% |
Matched among Maryland middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Calvert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #36 of 223 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #42 of 223 ▼ 14 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #35 of 223 ▲ 12 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #168 of 230 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #193 of 225 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #170 of 225 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #193 of 227 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #71 of 123 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
619
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 745
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
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 | 619 | 37.4 | 16.6:1 | 21% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 36.5 | 17.9:1 | 19% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 16% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 14% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 39.5 | 17.0:1 | 11% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 41 | 18.2:1 | 14% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 705 | 45 | 15.7:1 | 12% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 745 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 8% (58) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plum Point Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (671 to 619); teachers down 5% (39.5 to 37.4).
About Plum Point Middle
Plum Point Middle is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Huntingtown, Maryland, administered by Calvert County Public Schools. Enrollment stands at 619 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
Calvert County Public Schools has 24 schools and 14,849 students, and Plum Point Middle is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Plum Point Middle is 73%, a majority. After that, the student body is 10% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put Calvert County at about 75% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Plum Point Middle are from different groups.
Plum Point Middle lists 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland is 2.3 students per teacher. About 21% of students at Plum Point Middle are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 32% average for public schools in Calvert County is 11 points higher.
Among Maryland public middle schools, Plum Point Middle outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Plum Point Middle are 5.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (56.6% actual, 62.0% predicted).
In Calvert County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $133,922, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 2% of people live in poverty. There are 25 public schools in the county, enrolling about 14,849, Plum Point Middle among them.
Plum Point Middle's nearest public school is Plum Point Elementary (about 0.2 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.3%; Plum Point Middle's is 56.6%, ranking 3rd of 7.
Plum Point Middle is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
A 3% decline took enrollment from 641 in 2020-21 to 619 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Plum Point Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 ElementaryElementary · 568 students
- Huntingtown ElementaryElementary · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Plum Point Elementary0.2 mi · 568
- Huntingtown High School2.1 mi · 1,311
- Calvert Middle2.8 mi · 607
- Calvert County Alternative School2.9 mi · 7
- Huntingtown Elementary2.9 mi · 475
- Calvert High3.0 mi · 1,080
Frequently asked questions
About Plum Point MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Plum Point Middle?
Plum Point Middle enrolls approximately 619 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Plum Point Middle serve?
Plum Point Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Plum Point Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Plum Point Middle is approximately 16.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Plum Point Middle?
At Plum Point Middle, the student body is approximately 73% White, 8% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Plum Point Middle?
Plum Point Middle is overseen by Calvert County Public Schools in Calvert County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.