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Theodore G. Davis Middle School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Theodore G. Davis Middle School
Theodore G. Davis Middle School operates as a reasonably sized middle school in Waldorf, Maryland, part of Charles County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 999 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.
Charles County Public Schools comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 28,162 students; Theodore G. Davis Middle School is among them.
Demographically, Theodore G. Davis Middle School logs that Black students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian, 5% White. By comparison, Charles County as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Theodore G. Davis Middle School reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at Theodore G. Davis Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Theodore G. Davis Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.6%, the actual is 38.3%, a residual of -8.3 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Charles County put 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%. Theodore G. Davis Middle School is one of 40 public schools in Charles County (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students).
The closest other public school is North Point High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Theodore G. Davis Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.0%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Five-year trend. Theodore G. Davis Middle School's enrollment has expanded 17% since 2018, when it stood at 852 (now 999). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 10% to 5% over that span.
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