📍 295 Williams Rd, Prince Frederick, Calvert County, 20678
Barstow Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Prince Frederick, Calvert County. The school has 687 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Calvert County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 18% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Barstow Elementary enrolls 687 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 19% Black or African American and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 397 | 58% |
| Black or African American | 129 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 82 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 67 | 9.8% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
259 of the school's 687 students (38%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 216 qualify for free lunch and 43 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.
Barstow Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MD-50, state senate district 27.
Barstow 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 687 students, Barstow Elementary is larger than the district average of about 594 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant