St. Mary's County Public Schools
Public school district based in Lexington Park, Maryland. NCES district ID 2400600; state ID MD-18.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
27
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
16,905
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,055.9
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
16.0
Charter schoolsDefinition
1
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 523 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,103 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,152 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,210 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,242 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,298 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,271 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,252 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,224 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,289 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,430 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,355 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,237 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,319 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% | |
| Asian | 2.5% | |
| Black or African American | 19.2% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9.7% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.1% | |
| Two or more races | 9.3% | |
| White | 59.0% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.6% | |
| Male | 51.4% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 1, Suburb 8, Town 2, Rural 16.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardtown High Leonardtown | 9–12 | Regular | 2,118 | 95.7 | 22.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| Great Mills High Great Mills | 9–12 | Regular | 1,697 | 88.7 | 19.1 | Suburb: Small |
| Chopticon High Morganza | 9–12 | Regular | 1,526 | 78.5 | 19.4 | Rural: Distant |
| Leonardtown Middle Leonardtown | 6–8 | Regular | 969 | 56.0 | 17.3 | Rural: Fringe |
| Spring Ridge Middle Lexington Park | 6–8 | Regular | 913 | 61.0 | 15 | Rural: Fringe |
| Margaret Brent Middle Mechanicsville | 6–8 | Regular | 878 | 53.5 | 16.4 | Rural: Distant |
| Esperanza Middle Lexington Park | 6–8 | Regular | 835 | 53.0 | 15.8 | Suburb: Small |
| Evergreen Elementary School California | PK–5 | Regular | 715 | 42.2 | 16.9 | Suburb: Small |
| Park Hall Elementary Park Hall | PK–5 | Regular | 569 | 38.2 | 14.9 | Rural: Fringe |
| Benjamin Banneker Elementary Loveville | PK–5 | Regular | 543 | 39.5 | 13.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| Chesapeake Charter SchoolCharter Lexington Park | K–8 | Regular | 539 | 38.0 | 14.2 | Suburb: Small |
| Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary Leonardtown | PK–5 | Regular | 516 | 34.6 | 14.9 | Town: Fringe |
| Leonardtown Elementary Leonardtown | PK–5 | Regular | 509 | 30.8 | 16.5 | Town: Fringe |
| Lettie Marshall Dent Elem Mechanicsville | PK–5 | Regular | 479 | 27.1 | 17.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Green Holly Elementary School Lexington Park | PK–5 | Regular | 478 | 38.3 | 12.5 | Suburb: Small |
| George Washington Carver Elementary Great Mills | PK–5 | Regular | 460 | 38.2 | 12.1 | Suburb: Small |
| Piney Point Elementary Tall Timbers | PK–5 | Regular | 435 | 26.7 | 16.3 | Rural: Fringe |
| Dynard Elementary Chaptico | PK–5 | Regular | 422 | 24.4 | 17.3 | Rural: Distant |
| Hollywood Elementary Hollywood | PK–5 | Regular | 414 | 26.4 | 15.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| Lexington Park Elementary Lexington Park | PK–5 | Regular | 383 | 30.8 | 12.4 | City: Small |
| Greenview Knolls Elementary Great Mills | PK–5 | Regular | 294 | 23.8 | 12.4 | Suburb: Small |
| Oakville Elementary Mechanicsville | PK–5 | Regular | 291 | 19.9 | 14.6 | Rural: Distant |
| Mechanicsville Elementary Mechanicsville | PK–5 | Regular | 273 | 17.1 | 16 | Rural: Distant |
| Town Creek Elementary Lexington Park | PK–5 | Regular | 220 | 16.3 | 13.5 | Suburb: Small |
| White Marsh Elementary Mechanicsville | PK–5 | Regular | 220 | 15.3 | 14.4 | Rural: Distant |
| Ridge Elementary Ridge | PK–5 | Regular | 209 | 15.5 | 13.5 | Rural: Distant |
| Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center Leonardtown | 9–12 | Career and Technical | 0 | 26.5 | — | Rural: Fringe |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
Figures are republished from official files without adjustment, except where a page says a value is summed or derived. See methodology and definitions & limitations. Spotted a problem? Report a data issue.