William A. Diggs Elementary School

William A. Diggs Elementary School, a well-populated elementary school in Waldorf, Maryland, one of the schools within Charles County Public Schools, teaches 876 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 82% above the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Charles County Public Schools comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 28,162 students; William A. Diggs Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, William A. Diggs Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 14% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

In terms of school funding signals, William A. Diggs Elementary School lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting William A. Diggs Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Charles County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), William A. Diggs Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of -10.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Charles County shows the typical household earns roughly $122,816 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. William A. Diggs Elementary School is one of 40 public schools in Charles County (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students).

North Point High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, William A. Diggs Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 6%: 825 students in 2018 compared to 876 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 15% to 8% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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