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Surrattsville High
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Surrattsville High
Surrattsville High is a tight-knit 9-12 campus in Clinton, Maryland, part of Prince George's County Public Schools. The school instructs 875 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 1,185.
Surrattsville High is one of 199 schools operated by Prince George's County Public Schools, a district that caters to 132,693 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Surrattsville High lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, Surrattsville High reports 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Surrattsville High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.9%; this one delivers 22.9%.
Around the school, Prince George's County reports that median household income runs about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Surrattsville High is one.
The closest other public school is Waldon Woods Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Surrattsville High at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.3%.
Surrattsville High operates from a bedroom-community location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 21%: 721 students in 2018 compared to 875 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 14% to 31%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.
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