Summary:
In zip code 20744, there is one middle school, Oxon Hill Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 in Fort Washington, Maryland, as part of the Prince George's County Public Schools district.
Oxon Hill Middle serves 773 students and faces significant challenges, with 94.31% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a chronic absenteeism rate of 27.9%. The school has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger and consistently ranks in the bottom 25-30% of Maryland middle schools, though its state ranking has shown a slight upward trend over the past three years (from the 20th to the 27th percentile). Per-student spending is high at $19,366, and the student-teacher ratio is a low 13.1:1, indicating the school is well-resourced despite low academic outcomes.
Academically, there is a stark gap between subjects: English Language Arts proficiency is 33.7%, over 4.5 times higher than Mathematics proficiency at just 7.4%. This gap is much wider than the state average. A notable pattern is the "8th grade drop" in ELA, where proficiency falls from about 37-39% in 6th and 7th grade to 25.8% in 8th grade. While the school's chronic absenteeism rate is slightly better than the district average of 30.2%, it remains a major barrier to consistent learning. The combination of high poverty, high absenteeism, and low test scores suggests that non-financial factors are driving the school's performance challenges.
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