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C+

General Smallwood Middle School

PublicMiddleGrades 6–8

4990 Indian Head Hwy, Indian Head, MD 20640 · (301) 743-5422 · Part of Charles County Public Schools

Potomac Heights’ School Grade C better than 32% of Maryland school districts

Directions
Students
500
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
60%
Setting
Town
Grades
6–8
The gist

What stands out about General Smallwood Middle School

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 39% of Maryland’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 11 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 11 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Potomac Heights kids: 7 high schools

On the path

Where Potomac Heights kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–522 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–8General Smallwood Middle SchoolYou are here
9–127 high schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency8%
State average 19.3%
Reading / language arts25%
State average 35.5%

Its own letter, C+, places these results among Maryland’s 1,321 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

4990 Indian Head Hwy, Indian Head

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 6160
Grade 7190
Grade 8150
Enrollment over time
500’20
457’21
543’22
501’23
500’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 47%White 29%Hispanic 14%Two or more races 10%Asian <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about General Smallwood Middle School from Potomac Heights families.

Other schools in Charles County Public Schools

The district →
William A. Diggs Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Waldorf
C+
876 students17:1
Arthur Middleton Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Waldorf
D
774 students16:1
Berry Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Waldorf
C
726 students16:1
Billingsley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · White Plains
C−
687 students15:1
Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · La Plata
B
663 students18:1
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Waldorf
D
661 students16:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Maryland’s other public schools; Potomac Heights’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.