Sunderland Elementary

Sunderland Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Sunderland, Maryland, one of the schools within Calvert County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 606 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Sunderland Elementary sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

Sunderland Elementary is one of 24 schools operated by Calvert County Public Schools, a district that caters to 14,849 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Sunderland Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 12% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sunderland Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Calvert County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sunderland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.8%; this one delivers 71.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Calvert County put median household earnings sit near $133,922, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 2%. Across Calvert County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,849 students), Sunderland Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northern High, around 2.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sunderland Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunderland Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Sunderland Elementary's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 697 (now 606). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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