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Milton M. Somers Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
300 Willow Lane
La Plata, MD 20646
Phone
(301) 934-4663
District
CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
CHARLES COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
969
Classroom Teachers
60

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Maryland

7

(10 is best)

Better than 68.0% of all MD schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Milton M. Somers Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
38%
37%
51%
53%
25%
21%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

40 30 20 10 0
22%
19%
30%
31%
14%
7%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

40 30 20 10 0
16%
17%
27%
30%
5%
5%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 313 32.3%
Grade 7 308 31.8%
Grade 8 348 35.9%
Total 969 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 38.5% 21.5% 36.1%
Black 45.0% 61.7% 34.6%
Hispanic 12.6% 12.9% 21.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.3% 3.3% 7.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 29.2% 40.4% 41.9%
Free lunch eligible 24.5% 35.1% 38.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.7% 5.3% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 165,209 6,164,660
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 288.8 629
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.7% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.0% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.1% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 12.4% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 58,138 2,318,124
Single Parent Households With Children 10.6% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.7% 91.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.1% 42.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 29.4% 30.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.8% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.8% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.0% 13.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 9.2% 10.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.9% 7.3%
$15,000 or less 4.8% 6.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,822 $242,790,262 50.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $823 $22,649,783 4.7%
Staff $755 $20,778,355 4.3%
General Administration $49 $1,348,529 0.3%
School Administration $862 $23,723,102 4.9%
Operation $1,790 $49,262,590 10.2%
Transportation $1,106 $30,438,226 6.3%
Other $610 $16,787,810 3.5%
Total Support $5,996 $165,015,916 34.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,816 $77,499,136 16.0%
Total Expenditures $17,634 $485,305,314 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,089 $8,893,760,913 54.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $782 $689,472,554 4.2%
Staff $887 $781,921,411 4.8%
General Administration $119 $104,696,346 0.6%
School Administration $1,008 $888,778,182 5.4%
Operation $1,423 $1,254,791,912 7.7%
Transportation $813 $716,690,511 4.4%
Other $430 $378,963,684 2.3%
Total Support $5,463 $4,815,319,623 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,976 $2,622,936,455 16.1%
Total Expenditures $18,527 $16,331,910,990 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%