Editing Walker Mill, Maryland (section)

==Education==
[[File:Central High School .jpg|thumb|[[Central High School (Maryland)|Central High School]]]]
Walker Mill is a part of the [[Prince George's County Public Schools]] system.<ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2481250_walker_mill/DC10BLK_P2481250_000.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Walker Mill CDP, MD]." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on August 31, 2018. Pages: [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2481250_walker_mill/DC10BLK_P2481250_001.pdf 1], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2481250_walker_mill/DC10BLK_P2481250_002.pdf 2], and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st24_md/place/p2481250_walker_mill/DC10BLK_P2481250_003.pdf 3].</ref>

Zoned elementary schools for the CDP are John Bayne, Doswell Brooks, Concord, and District Heights.<ref>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20Elementary.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019]." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on August 31, 2018. The Concord zone is [https://www.schooldigger.com/go/MD/schools/0051001013/school.aspx highlighted at the "Boundary" tab] at [[Schooldigger]].</ref> Walker Mill Middle School serves most of Walker Mill CDP while Drew-Freeman Middle serves a section.<ref>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20Middle.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019]." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on August 31, 2018.</ref> Much of the CDP is zoned to [[Central High School (Maryland)|Central High School]] while a portion is zoned to [[Suitland High School]].<ref>"[http://gis.pgcps.org/mapgallery/Maps/Boundaries%20-%20High.pdf NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOLS AND BOUNDARIES SCHOOL YEAR 2018-2019]." [[Prince George's County Public Schools]]. Retrieved on August 31, 2018.</ref>

Thomas Claggett Elementary School was previously in Walker Mill CDP.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010519221356/http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us:80/~claggett/ Home]. Thomas Claggett Elementary School. May 19, 2001. Retrieved on September 7, 2018. "2001 Addison Road, South District Heights, MD 20747"</ref> Its official capacity was 464.<ref name=Anfenson-Comeau>{{cite news|author=Anfenson-Comeau, Jamie|url=http://www.gazette.net/gazettecms/story.php?id=5009|title=District Heights school may close after next school year|newspaper=[[The Gazette (Maryland)|The Gazette]]|date=2014-05-23|access-date=2018-09-07}}</ref> In 2005 it had 236 students, filling 49% of the official capacity; this was the lowest percentage of any PGCPS school.<ref name=WigginsClaggett>{{cite news|author=Wiggins, Ovetta|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/claggett-elementary-in-pr-georges-may-close-soon-low-enrollment-poor-performance-cited/2014/05/20/8d95361a-df9f-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html|title=Claggett Elementary in Prince George's may close; low enrollment, poor performance cited|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=2014-05-20|access-date=2018-09-07}} ([https://archive.today/20140521084910/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/claggett-elementary-in-pr-georges-may-close-soon-low-enrollment-poor-performance-cited/2014/05/20/8d95361a-df9f-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html Archive at] [[Archive.is]])</ref> At one point the capacity percentage was 38%.<ref name=PrelimMasterPlanSubr4p261>''Preliminary Subregion 4 Master Plan and Proposed Sectional Map Amendment''. [[Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission]]. [http://www.mncppcapps.org/planning/publications/pdfs/208/I-Chap9-PublicFacilities.pdf Chapter 9, Public Facilities]. p. 261 (PDF p. 3/28). Retrieved on September 7, 2018.</ref> In 2010 it had 290 students, but after that year the student count declined: it had 216,<ref name=WigginsClaggett/> and later 223 in the 2013–2014 school year,<ref name=Anfenson-Comeau/> and the projected 2014-2015 enrollment was 187.<ref name=WigginsClaggett/> In addition, in state tests circa 2014, about 56% of the students were proficient in reading while 36.7% were proficient in mathematics<!--The source says 63.3 were less than proficient in math and 44% were less than proficient in reading-->.<ref name=Anfenson-Comeau/> In May 2014 PGCPS applied for a grant from the state of Maryland that would permit it to close Claggett.<ref name=WigginsClaggett/>