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Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary, Waldorf, MD

CEP schoolDr. Gustavus Brown Elementary is a public elementary school in Waldorf, part of Charles County Public Schools. It enrolled 412 students in 2024-25, with 12.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
412
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
12.9
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.5 lower than the district figure of 14.4. The Maryland average across schools is 14.6. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.9
District14.4
Maryland14.6
United States15.3

School details

Address
421 University Dr, Waldorf, MD 20602
Phone
(301)645-1330
District
Charles County Public Schools
County
Charles County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
240027000584
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
245
Reduced-price lunch
34
Free or reduced-price lunch
27967.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
215Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Charles 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.