William B. Wade Elementary School

William B. Wade Elementary School, an average-sized K-5 school in Waldorf, Maryland, overseen by Charles County Public Schools, educates 651 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 481 students.

Charles County Public Schools runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 28,162 students. William B. Wade Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, William B. Wade Elementary School records that the largest single group is Black, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% White, 4% Asian. By comparison, Charles County as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting William B. Wade Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William B. Wade Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 38.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Charles County put 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%. Across Charles County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,162 students), William B. Wade Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, William B. Wade Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 676 students in 2018 compared to 651 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 58% to 69% over that span.

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