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Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Phoenix International School of the Arts, La Plata, MD

Charter schoolPhoenix International School of the Arts is a public middle school in La Plata, part of Charles County Public Schools. It enrolled 243 students in 2024-25, with 16.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
243
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Students per teacher
16.2
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.8 higher 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 school16.2
District14.4
Maryland14.6
United States15.3

School details

Address
95 Catalpa Dr, La Plata, MD 20646
Phone
(301)202-4159
District
Charles County Public Schools
County
Charles County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Fringe
NCES school ID
240027090488
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
86
Reduced-price lunch
16
Free or reduced-price lunch
10242.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
78Students 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 middle 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.