Thomas Stone High School

Thomas Stone High School operates as a moderately sized four-year high school in Waldorf, Maryland, operated by Charles County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,230 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Charles County Public Schools runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 28,162 students. Thomas Stone High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Thomas Stone High School records that the largest single group is Black, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 6% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Charles County as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Thomas Stone High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Thomas Stone High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.8%; actual is 23.3%, a gap of -17.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Charles County) reports that 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%. Thomas Stone High School is one of 40 public schools in Charles County (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students).

J. P. Ryon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas Stone High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.5%.

Thomas Stone High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Thomas Stone High School's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,168 (now 1,230). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 17% to 6%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.