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What tradition at Sunderland Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
606
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240015001505
Sunderland Elementary
150 Clyde Jones Rd, Sunderland, MD 20689 · (443) 550-9390 · Calvert County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Maryland public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
127 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 | 25 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
47%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
81.5%
MD avg 50.6% . +13.2pp since 2023
Math
68.6%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.5% | 68.6% |
| 2023-24 | 68.3% | 68.3% |
% 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
71.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% 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 Sunderland Elementary
Sunderland Elementary's state test result (71.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland Elementary this school | 606 | 21.0% | 71.7% |
| Plum Point Elementary Huntingtown | 568 | 21.1% | 51.7% |
| Hickory Elementary Bel Air | 635 | 24.9% | 63.5% |
| Mount Harmony Elementary Owings | 656 | 22.1% | 72.3% |
| Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary Leonardtown | 516 | 19.8% | 63.9% |
| Deer Crossing Elementary New Market | 528 | 19.3% | 69.1% |
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 Sunderland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Calvert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #84 of 853 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #107 of 853 ▼ 8 | #4 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #45 of 853 ▲ 100 | #1 of 12 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #204 of 898 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #581 of 857 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #549 of 857 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #777 of 885 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #269 of 551 | #4 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
606
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 606 | 40.5 | 15.0:1 | 21% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 639 | 40.5 | 15.8:1 | 21% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 43 | 16.3:1 | 21% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 18% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 39.3 | 17.7:1 | 16% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 726 | 40 | 18.1:1 | 18% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 40 | 16.2:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 11% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 30 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunderland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (697 to 606); teachers up 3% (39.3 to 40.5).
About Sunderland Elementary
Sunderland Elementary is an elementary school in Sunderland, Maryland, reachable at (443) 550-9390. It serves 606 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Maryland average about 481 students.
Besides Sunderland Elementary, Calvert County Public Schools runs 23 other schools. The district enrolls 14,849 students.
At Sunderland Elementary, White students make up 71% of the student body. After that, the student body is 12% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.0:1, with 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.1 students per teacher above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 21%. The 32% average for public schools in Calvert County is 11 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Sunderland Elementary is A. Compared with Maryland public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sunderland Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.7%, compared with a predicted 61.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Calvert County (population about 94,313), the median household income is $133,922, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 2% of people live in poverty. Sunderland Elementary is one of 25 public schools in the county.
Northern High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles away. Within five miles of Sunderland Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Sunderland Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Sunderland Elementary is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Sunderland Elementary declined 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 624 to 606 students. The ratio was 16.0:1 in 2020-21 and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Sunderland Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Sunderland Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sunderland Elementary. Sunderland Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Sunderland ElementarySunderland, MA · 174 students
- Sunderland Elementary SchoolArlington, VT · 58 students
Nearby schools
- Northern High2.8 mi · 1,478
- Mount Harmony Elementary2.9 mi · 656
- Northern Middle2.9 mi · 745
- Windy Hill Elementary3.4 mi · 598
- Windy Hill Middle3.5 mi · 669
- Huntingtown High School3.5 mi · 1,311
Frequently asked questions
About Sunderland ElementaryHow large is Sunderland Elementary?
Sunderland Elementary enrolls approximately 606 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sunderland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunderland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sunderland Elementary have?
Sunderland Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is Sunderland Elementary?
Sunderland Elementary reports a student body of 71% White, 7% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Sunderland Elementary in?
Sunderland Elementary is part of Calvert County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.