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Enrollment
1,230
High
DISTRICT 1,348 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027000607
Thomas Stone High School
3785 Leonardtown Rd, Waldorf, MD 20601 · (301) 645-2601 · Charles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,230 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Maryland public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
694 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 361 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 315 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 286 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 268 | 22% |
Student demographics
54%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
39.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 40 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.4% | 10.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Thomas Stone High School
Thomas Stone High School's state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Stone High School this school | 1,230 | 56.4% | 23.3% |
| Baltimore City College Baltimore | 1,470 | 52.1% | 51.3% |
| Owings Mills High Owings Mills | 1,040 | 62.5% | 18.5% |
| Westlake High School Waldorf | 1,216 | 51.2% | 26.6% |
| St. Charles High School Waldorf | 1,617 | 50.3% | 26.0% |
| Gwynn Park High Brandywine | 1,147 | 47.7% | 24.4% |
Matched among Maryland high 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 Thomas Stone High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #170 of 203 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #168 of 206 ▼ 11 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #167 of 206 ▲ 4 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,230 | #109 of 234 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #41 of 210 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #113 of 211 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #85 of 212 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.3% | #94 of 131 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,230
+115 (+10%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,332
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 1,230 | 85 | 14.5:1 | 56% (694) |
| 2023-24 | 1,173 | 84.9 | 13.8:1 | 62% (729) |
| 2022-23 | 1,177 | 77.9 | 15.1:1 | 61% (718) |
| 2020-21 | 1,115 | 85 | 13.1:1 | 52% (577) |
| 2017-18 | 1,168 | 85 | 13.7:1 | 36% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 1,204 | 88 | 13.7:1 | 41% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 1,482 | 85 | 17.4:1 | 28% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 1,648 | 94 | 17.5:1 | 15% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 1,332 | 80 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Stone High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,168 to 1,230); teachers unchanged (85 to 85).
About Thomas Stone High School
Thomas Stone High School sits in Waldorf, Maryland, and is classified as a high school. The school's enrollment of 1,230 students covers grades 9 through 12.
Charles County Public Schools counts 38 schools and 28,162 students, including Thomas Stone High School.
Black students are the majority at Thomas Stone High School, with 64% of enrollment. It is also 22% Hispanic, 6% White, and 6% multiracial. Charles County's residents are about 49% Black, 14 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Thomas Stone High School operates with 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.5:1. On average, high schools in Maryland have 15.3:1, compared with 14.5:1 here. Thomas Stone High School reports 56% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Thomas Stone High School is D. Compared with Maryland public high schools, the school scored higher than 5% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Thomas Stone High School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Maryland. Predicted: 40.8%. Actual: 23.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Charles County, the median household income is $122,816, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Charles County has 40 public schools and roughly 28,162 students.
J. P. Ryon Elementary School is located about 0.5 miles from Thomas Stone High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Thomas Stone High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Thomas Stone High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment is up 10% from 2020-21, when Thomas Stone High School had 1,115 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,230. Students per teacher rose from 13.1 in 2020-21 to 14.5 in 2024-25.
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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
- La Plata High SchoolHigh · 1,217 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- Maurice J. McDonough High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
- Henry E. Lackey High SchoolHigh · 1,033 students
Other schools in Waldorf
- North Point High SchoolHigh · 1,960 students
- St. Charles High SchoolHigh · 1,617 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- Theodore G. Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
- William A. Diggs Elementary SchoolElementary · 876 students
Nearby schools
- J. P. Ryon Elementary School0.5 mi · 640
- John Hanson Middle School0.6 mi · 727
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle School1.1 mi · 920
- Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School1.4 mi · 497
- Eva Turner Elementary School1.7 mi · 494
- Arthur Middleton Elementary School2.1 mi · 774
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Stone High SchoolHow large is Thomas Stone High School?
Thomas Stone High School enrolls approximately 1,230 students in grades 09-12.
Is Thomas Stone High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas Stone High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Thomas Stone High School have?
Thomas Stone High School employs 85 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Thomas Stone High School?
Student demographics at Thomas Stone High School are roughly 6% White, 22% Hispanic, 64% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Thomas Stone High School public or private?
Thomas Stone High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charles County Public Schools.
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