📍 7900 Old Bayside Rd, Chesapeake Beach, Calvert County, 20732
Beach Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chesapeake Beach, Calvert County. The school has 490 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Calvert County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Beach Elementary enrolls 490 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 16% Two or more races and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 303 | 62% |
| Two or more races | 78 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 65 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 35 | 7.1% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
95 of the school's 490 students (19%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 78 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Beach Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-50, state senate district 27.
Beach Elementary is one of 25 schools in Calvert County Public Schools, based in Prince Frederick, Maryland. The district serves 14,849 students district-wide and employs 1,000 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 490 students, Beach Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 594 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe