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Dr. Thomas L. Higdon Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

12872 Rock Point Rd

Newburg MD, 20664, Charles County

Phone: 301-934-4091

Ranking:

(595 out of 1,074, bottom 45%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Charles County Public Schools

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	25		25		25		24		26		26		30
Total Students:	428		426		421		423		405		425		464
Prekindergarten:	40	9.3%	38	8.9%	41	9.7%	41	9.7%	38	9.4%	38	8.9%	42	9.1%
Kindergarten:	61	14.3%	62	14.6%	66	15.7%	56	13.2%	55	13.6%	60	14.1%	59	12.7%
Grade 1:	70	16.4%	71	16.7%	56	13.3%	58	13.7%	63	15.6%	61	14.4%	68	14.7%
Grade 2:	72	16.8%	55	12.9%	56	13.3%	61	14.4%	63	15.6%	58	13.6%	76	16.4%
Grade 3:	61	14.3%	58	13.6%	69	16.4%	65	15.4%	59	14.6%	76	17.9%	56	12.1%
Grade 4:	53	12.4%	72	16.9%	68	16.2%	62	14.7%	73	18.0%	56	13.2%	83	17.9%
Grade 5:	71	16.6%	70	16.4%	65	15.4%	80	18.9%	54	13.3%	76	17.9%	80	17.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	239	55.8%	231	54.2%	219	52.0%	230	54.4%	212	52.3%	223	52.5%	246	53.0%
Female:	189	44.2%	195	45.8%	202	48.0%	193	45.6%	185	45.7%	194	45.6%	214	46.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.2%	4	0.9%	3	0.7%	4	0.9%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	2	0.4%
Asian:	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%	3	0.6%
Hispanic:	16	3.7%	10	2.3%	13	3.1%	12	2.8%	4	1.0%	5	1.2%	6	1.3%
Black:	49	11.4%	59	13.8%	63	15.0%	77	18.2%	81	20.0%	76	17.9%	90	19.4%
White:	322	75.2%	322	75.6%	313	74.3%	302	71.4%	315	77.8%	340	80.0%	363	78.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	34	7.9%	30	7.0%	26	6.2%	25	5.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	114	26.6%	106	24.9%	101	24.0%	102	24.1%	80	19.8%	85	20.0%	84	18.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	3.5%	19	4.5%	19	4.5%	13	3.1%	18	4.4%	14	3.3%	17	3.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.12		17.04		16.84		17.63		15.43		16.20		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MSA
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	72.2%	N/A
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	64.3%	76.4%	N/A
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.7%	78%	N/A
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.5%	74.3%	N/A
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	79.8%	N/A
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	85.0%	81.0%	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.0%	83.1%	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	82.0%	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	84.7%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.0%	79.2%	N/A
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.2%	70.1%	N/A
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	62.5%	74.8%	N/A
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.4%	77.9%	N/A
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.8%	78.0%	N/A
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	81.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	81.0%	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	83.2%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	82.1%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.7%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	92.7%	80.6%	N/A
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.9%	71.0%	N/A
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	76.3%	N/A
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.5%	80.6%	N/A
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.2%	83.7%	N/A
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.9%	87.8%	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.5%	89.1%	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	88.9%	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	90.5%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	88.6%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.6%	86.7%	N/A
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.9%	72.3%	N/A
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	80.4%	N/A
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.7%	79.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.8%	85.2%	N/A
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.2%	87.2%	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.9%	84.6%	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.8%	85.5%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94.9%	88.3%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	88.2%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	86.9%	N/A
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	65.2%	N/A
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.0%	68.2%	N/A
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	74.6%	N/A
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	75.3%	N/A
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	75.0%	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.0%	75.4%	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92.3%	82.5%	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	79.9%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	82.9%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	76.0%	N/A
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	69.7%	N/A
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.1%	76.6%	N/A
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	76.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	74.5%	N/A
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	85.1%	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94.6%	87.7%	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	88.4%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.2%	89.0%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	89.3%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.3%	84.8%	N/A

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* Dr. Thomas L. Higdon Elementary Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.