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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027000606
T. C. Martin Elementary School
6315 Olivers Shop Rd, Bryantown, MD 20617 · (301) 274-3182 · Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
199 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 28 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
63.7%
MD avg 50.6% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.7% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 41.6% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 T. C. Martin Elementary School
T. C. Martin Elementary School's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. C. Martin Elementary School this school | 538 | 37.0% | 52.6% |
| Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle Baltimore | 532 | 40.4% | 61.2% |
| Piney Branch Elementary Takoma Park | 575 | 34.8% | 66.3% |
| Dr. James Craik Elementary School Pomfret | 520 | 39.0% | 44.2% |
| Rosemary Hills Elementary Silver Spring | 499 | 40.5% | N/A |
| Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School La Plata | 663 | 36.3% | 49.6% |
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 T. C. Martin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #305 of 853 | #2 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #263 of 853 ▲ 125 | #2 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #229 of 853 ▲ 112 | #1 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #304 of 898 | #13 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #736 of 857 | #18 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #237 of 857 | #5 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #650 of 885 | #21 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #122 of 294 | #4 of 6 |
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
538
+68 (+14%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 538 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 37% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 34.5 | 16.0:1 | 40% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 31.7 | 17.4:1 | 39% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 27% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 31.8 | 15.2:1 | 20% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 23% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 14% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 25 | 21.3:1 | 17% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 645 | 30 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for T. C. Martin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (483 to 538); teachers up 4% (31.8 to 33).
About T. C. Martin Elementary School
T. C. Martin Elementary School is one of the public schools in Bryantown, Maryland. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 538 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
T. C. Martin Elementary School is among 38 schools run by Charles County Public Schools, which serves 28,162 students.
The student body at T. C. Martin Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 43%. The next largest groups are 33% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. The school's White share is 10 points above the 33% share among Charles County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at T. C. Martin Elementary School is 16.3:1, based on 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Maryland is 13.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. T. C. Martin Elementary School counts 37% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Charles County report 50%.
T. C. Martin Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of Maryland public elementary schools.
T. C. Martin Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.6% is within a point of the 52.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Charles County, the median household earns about $122,816 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 40, with about 28,162 students.
St. Charles High School, about 4.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, T. C. Martin Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school grew from 470 students in 2020-21 to 538 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.2:1 to 16.3:1.
This page is set up for the T. C. Martin Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Charles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
170,527
Census ACS
Median income
$122,816
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
28,162 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charles County Public Schools
- North Point High SchoolHigh · 1,960 students
- St. Charles High SchoolHigh · 1,617 students
- Thomas Stone High SchoolHigh · 1,230 students
- La Plata High SchoolHigh · 1,217 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- Maurice J. McDonough High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
Nearby schools
- St. Charles High School4.1 mi · 1,617
- Mary B. Neal Elementary School4.6 mi · 626
- Eva Turner Elementary School5.0 mi · 494
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle School5.2 mi · 920
- Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary5.6 mi · 412
- Thomas Stone High School5.7 mi · 1,230
Frequently asked questions
About T. C. Martin Elementary SchoolHow large is T. C. Martin Elementary School?
T. C. Martin Elementary School enrolls approximately 538 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does T. C. Martin Elementary School serve?
T. C. Martin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at T. C. Martin Elementary School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at T. C. Martin Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at T. C. Martin Elementary School?
At T. C. Martin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 12% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is T. C. Martin Elementary School public or private?
T. C. Martin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charles County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.