Piccowaxen Middle School

Newburg, MD 20664

Phone: (301) 934-1977
District: Charles County Public Schools

7

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades 6,7,8 • 601 students

Piccowaxen Middle School, a public school located in Newburg, MD, serves grades 6-8 in the Charles County Public Schools.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Piccowaxen Middle School is a public school located in Newburg, MD. 601 students attend Piccowaxen Middle School.

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Test Scores 7/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program data from Maryland State Department of Education, and using 2025 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program End-Of-Course data from Maryland State Department of Education.
Student Growth 7/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student Growth - Elementary Level data from Maryland State Department of Education, and using 2025 Student Growth - Middle Level data from Maryland State Department of Education.

Posted: August 30, 2014

Piccowaxen was a great school for me. Bullying wasn't a problem in my later years here. I talked to the students in 6th grade regularly to hopefully make them feel comfortable. However the the school has its flaws. The staff are not the best, especially the vice principle. (I don't know about the new principle since I left before the new one came) If your just starting school and in 6th grade, theres nothing to worry about unless your asking for it. Most of the 7th/8th graders are nice though. The test scores are very high. The school is also small, yet it isn't overcrowded. Only 400~ students. The classes are not divided by concrete walls though, so you will hear other teachers talking. The technology is dated. Still has Windows XP and a terrible networks. Thats more of the entire school system though. The teachers are friendly. No problems with any of my teachers. And lastly the school enforces rules a bit too heavily. You get in serious trouble for the littlest of things. Piccowaxen is one of the best middle schools in the county.

Posted: July 6, 2014

I tranferred schools because bullying runs rampant through the school. I was a victim there and not that much was done. I was there in 2011 2012 for 6th grade.

Posted: December 5, 2011

The administration here is getting better with the replacement of the vice principal this school year. Now, if CCBOE would just do something about the principal as well. School has little tolerance for even the slightest misbehavior. I have been called for student clicking flip flops too loudly down the hallway, for gum chewing at 220 at locker preparing to leave for the day. Students are targeted and over scrutinized once you get even minor infractions, yet others with similar behaviors and actions are overlooked. Punishments don't seem to fit the act and suspensions are handed out as a first resort rather than a last. Very pleased with academic scores at school as a whole.

Posted: February 23, 2011

The teachers are GREAT !!! But the Vice Principal is terrible likes to target certain kids, administration definitely needs an overhaul !!!

Posted: June 5, 2009

Posted: September 16, 2007

Posted: July 2, 2007

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