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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Chesapeake Charter School, Lexington Park, MD

Charter schoolChesapeake Charter School is a public elementary school in Lexington Park, part of St. Mary's County Public Schools. It enrolled 539 students in 2024-25, with 14.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
539
Teachers (FTE)
38.0
Students per teacher
14.2
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is 1.4 lower than the district figure of 15.6. The Maryland average across schools is 14.6. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.2
District15.6
Maryland14.6
United States15.3

School details

Address
20945 Great Mills Road, Lexington Park, MD 20653
Phone
(301)863-9585
District
St. Mary's County Public Schools
County
St. Mary's County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Locale
Suburb: Small
NCES school ID
240060001639
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.
Free lunch
104
Reduced-price lunch
41
Free or reduced-price lunch
14526.9% of enrollment.
Direct certification
100Students 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 elementary schools in St. Mary's County Public Schools

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.