Middle · Maryland

Phoenix International School of the Arts

Charter

Phoenix International School of the Arts, a public middle school in La Plata, Maryland: grades 6–8, 243 students, 16.2 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: 243
Teachers (FTE): 15.0
Students per teacher: 16.2
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 79% of middle schools in Maryland

Median 14.4 · 228 schools compared

More students per teacher than 64% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 97% of middle schools in Maryland

Median 777 · 228 schools compared

Smaller than 82% 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%

30%proficient

−3.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 85% of middle schools in Maryland

Median 50% · 227 middle schools compared

219 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Maryland: 28%

4.0%proficient

+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 89% of middle schools in Maryland

Median 15% · 227 middle schools compared

201 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: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Town near a city
Run by: Charles County Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Charles County Public Schools.

Location

Address: 95 Catalpa Dr, La Plata, MD 20646
Phone: (301)202-4159
City or town: La Plata
County: Charles County

Quality of life in La Plata Schools in La Plata

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Milton M. Somers Middle School	6–8	671	13.7	56%	18%	0.8 mi
Benjamin Stoddert Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	920	17.0	30%	5.9%	7.5 mi
Matthew Henson Middle School	6–8	701	18.4	36%	8.5%	8.5 mi
Theodore G. Davis Middle School	6–8	999	15.4	53%	16%	8.9 mi
John Hanson Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	727	12.3	38%	7.8%	9.1 mi
Mattawoman Middle School	6–8	862	17.6	39%	9.0%	9.2 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

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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