Middle · Maryland
Matthew Henson Middle School
Matthew Henson Middle School, a public middle school in Indian Head, Maryland: grades 6–8, 701 students, 18.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Charles County Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 701
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 98% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 14.4 · 228 schools compared
More students per teacher than 80% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 60% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 777 · 228 schools compared
Larger than 69% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maryland's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Maryland: 49%36%proficient
+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 75% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 50% · 227 middle schools compared
705 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Maryland: 28%8.5%proficient
+1.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 69% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 15% · 227 middle schools compared
598 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Rural area near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Charles County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 3535 Livingston Rd, Indian Head, MD 20640
- Phone
- (301)375-8550
- City or town
- Bryans Road
- County
- Charles County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
General Smallwood Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 500 | 13.9 |
| 6–8 | 999 | 15.4 | |
| 6–8 | 862 | 17.6 | |
| 7–8 | 1,401 | 14.4 | |
| 6–8 | 671 | 13.7 | |
| 6–8 | 243 | 16.2 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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