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Enrollment
876
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240027001565
William A. Diggs Elementary School
2615 Davis Rd, Waldorf, MD 20603 · (301) 753-2081 · Charles County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL876 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Maryland public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
359 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 | 57 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 146 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (146).
Student demographics
51%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
36.7%
MD avg 50.6% . -12.3pp since 2023
Math
26.8%
MD avg 34.8% . -17.2pp since 2023
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 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.7% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 William A. Diggs Elementary School
William A. Diggs Elementary School's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William A. Diggs Elementary School this school | 876 | 41.0% | 39.1% |
| Billingsley Elementary School White Plains | 687 | 49.3% | 37.1% |
| Arthur Middleton Elementary School Waldorf | 774 | 48.8% | 34.5% |
| Thomas G. Pullen Landover | 740 | 48.5% | 42.3% |
| Berry Elementary School Waldorf | 726 | 52.9% | 37.7% |
| Mary B. Neal Elementary School Waldorf | 626 | 48.6% | 45.5% |
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 William A. Diggs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Charles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #480 of 853 | #10 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #639 of 853 ▼ 279 | #17 of 22 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #612 of 853 ▼ 232 | #16 of 22 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 876 | #21 of 898 | #1 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #782 of 857 | #21 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #505 of 857 | #16 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.0% | #608 of 885 | #17 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #190 of 294 | #6 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
876
+114 (+15%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 1,055
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 876 | 52 | 16.9:1 | 41% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 846 | 49.3 | 17.2:1 | 37% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 828 | 47.4 | 17.5:1 | 36% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 762 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 24% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 825 | 45.9 | 18.0:1 | 20% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 781 | 45 | 17.4:1 | 24% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 1,055 | 52 | 20.3:1 | 15% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William A. Diggs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (825 to 876); teachers up 13% (45.9 to 52).
About William A. Diggs Elementary School
Among the schools in Waldorf, Maryland, is William A. Diggs Elementary School, a large elementary school. The school enrolls 876 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 481 students for elementary schools in Maryland.
William A. Diggs Elementary School belongs to Charles County Public Schools, a district of 38 schools and 28,162 students.
Of every 100 students at William A. Diggs Elementary School, about 68 are Black. The school is also 14% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 49%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, William A. Diggs Elementary School scores 51%.
Its ratio of 16.9:1 is based on 52 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Maryland average 13.8:1, 3.0 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 41%. That is lower than the 50% average for public schools in Charles County.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, William A. Diggs Elementary School outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, William A. Diggs Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Maryland schools: 39.1% actual against 50.0% predicted.
For Charles County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $122,816, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 40 public schools in the county, enrolling about 28,162, William A. Diggs Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, William A. Diggs Elementary School is closest to North Point High School, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, William A. Diggs Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies William A. Diggs Elementary School's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 876, compared with 762 in 2020-21.
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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
- 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
Other schools in Waldorf
- North Point High SchoolHigh · 1,960 students
- St. Charles High SchoolHigh · 1,617 students
- Thomas Stone High SchoolHigh · 1,230 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 1,216 students
- Theodore G. Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Benjamin Stoddert Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
Nearby schools
- North Point High School0.5 mi · 1,960
- Theodore G. Davis Middle School0.6 mi · 999
- Westlake High School1.2 mi · 1,216
- Mattawoman Middle School1.3 mi · 862
- Berry Elementary School1.4 mi · 726
- Billingsley Elementary School2.2 mi · 687
Frequently asked questions
About William A. Diggs Elementary SchoolHow large is William A. Diggs Elementary School?
William A. Diggs Elementary School enrolls approximately 876 students in grades PK-05.
Is William A. Diggs Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
William A. Diggs Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does William A. Diggs Elementary School have?
William A. Diggs Elementary School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at William A. Diggs Elementary School?
Student demographics at William A. Diggs Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 14% Hispanic, 68% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees William A. Diggs Elementary School?
William A. Diggs Elementary School is overseen by Charles County Public Schools in Charles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.