St. Charles High School

As a middle-of-the-pack secondary school in Waldorf, Maryland, St. Charles High School enrolls 1,617 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Charles County Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 1,185 students per school, that is 36% above typical.

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

On demographics, St. Charles High School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting St. Charles High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, St. Charles High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.5%; this one comes in at 26.0%, -18.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Charles County) records that median household earnings sit near $122,816, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Charles County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students), of which St. Charles High School is one.

Mary B. Neal Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, St. Charles High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. St. Charles High School's enrollment has expanded 26% since 2018, when it stood at 1,281 (now 1,617). Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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