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Maya Angelou Academy at New Beginnings formerly Oak Hill, Laurel, DC

Maya Angelou Academy at New Beginnings formerly Oak Hill is a public high school in Laurel, part of Dyrs. It enrolled 45 students in 2024-25, with 5.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
45
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Students per teacher
5.0
Grades
7 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.8 lower than the district figure of 6.8. The District of Columbia average across schools is 11.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school5.0
District6.8
District of Columbia11.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
8400 River Rd, Laurel, DC 20724
Phone
(202)299-3227
District
Dyrs
County
Anne Arundel County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
110008700213
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
25Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Dyrs

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.