20 public K-12 schools in Waldorf from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Waldorf has more public-school enrollment than 91% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Waldorf's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.
12 of Waldorf's 20 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.
The 22-point gap between North Point High School and Westlake High School shows the range hidden by Waldorf's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Waldorf school enrollment ranges from 412 students (lowest) to 1,960 students (highest), a spread of 1,548 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Waldorf's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Waldorf is typically wider than the Waldorf-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | North Point High School | 47 |
| 2. | Mary B. Neal Elementary School | 45 |
| 3. | Theodore G. Davis Middle School | 42 |
| 4. | John Hanson Middle School | 42 |
| 5. | Malcolm Elementary School | 42 |
| 6. | William a. Diggs Elementary School | 41 |
| 7. | Thomas Stone High School | 39 |
| 8. | C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School | 39 |
| 9. | Berry Elementary School | 38 |
| 10. | Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School | 38 |
| 11. | William B. Wade Elementary School | 38 |
| 12. | Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary | 37 |
| 13. | J. P. Ryon Elementary School | 34 |
| 14. | Eva Turner Elementary School | 34 |
| 15. | Mattawoman Middle School | 32 |
| 16. | Arthur Middleton Elementary School | 32 |
| 17. | Dr. Samuel a. Mudd Elementary School | 30 |
| 18. | St. Charles High School | 27 |
| 19. | Benjamin Stoddert Middle School | 26 |
| 20. | Westlake High School | 25 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
North Point High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Waldorf schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Waldorf has 20 public schools with a total enrollment of 16,901 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.5:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
