Best Middle Schools in Maryland for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Maryland!

Every year, the Maryland State Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MCAP (shortened) test scores by the Maryland State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 120)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
240048000849	1	Herbert Hoover Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	8810 Post Oak Rd	Potomac	20854	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(301) 968-3740	1,021	65	15.6	6.2%	400 (39.2%)	81 (7.9%)	76 (7.4%)	399 (39.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (6.2%)	$17,696			$880			$16,817	99.2%	99.7%	0.50%
240042001552	2	Folly Quarter Middle	Public	6-8	13500 Triadelphia Rd	Ellicott City	21042	Howard County	Howard County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 313-1506	662	44	15	1.5%	326 (49.2%)	46 (6.9%)	34 (5.1%)	211 (31.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (6.2%)	$16,226			$654			$15,572	98.3%	95.4%	2.95%
240048001450	3	Tilden Middle	Public	6-8	6300 Tilden Ln	Rockville	20852	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 740-6700	1,022	63	16.1	16.8%	423 (41.4%)	141 (13.8%)	227 (22.2%)	173 (16.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (5.4%)	$16,778			$1,053			$15,725	97.5%	95.0%	2.45%
240048001118	4	North Bethesda Middle	Public	6-8	8935 Bradmoor Dr	Bethesda	20817	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 740-2100	1,198	72	16.6	9.7%	649 (54.2%)	126 (10.5%)	162 (13.5%)	150 (12.5%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (8.9%)	$16,531			$780			$15,751	96.7%	99.0%	2.34%
240042000403	5	Mount View Middle	Public	6-8	12101 Woodford Dr	Marriottsville	21104	Carroll County	Howard County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 313-5545	835	51	16.5	3.2%	356 (42.6%)	47 (5.6%)	32 (3.8%)	348 (41.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.9%)	$14,638			$649			$13,988	95.8%	96.0%	0.21%
240033001536	6	Urbana Middle	Public	6-8	3511 Pontius Ct	Ijamsville	21754	Frederick County	Frederick County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 566-9200	967	55	17.5	8.8%	483 (49.9%)	91 (9.4%)	112 (11.6%)	208 (21.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (7.2%)	$11,749			$743			$11,005	95.0%	97.4%	2.36%
240048000933	7	Takoma Park Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	7611 Piney Branch Rd	Silver Spring	20910	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(240) 740-5220	1,158	74	15.7	28.8%	345 (29.8%)	394 (34.0%)	189 (16.3%)	161 (13.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (5.8%)	$17,054			$763			$16,292	94.2%	98.0%	3.85%
240048000949	8	Westland Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	5511 Massachusetts Ave	Bethesda	20816	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(240) 740-5850	764	51	14.8	9.6%	434 (56.8%)	60 (7.9%)	140 (18.3%)	63 (8.2%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (8.1%)	$17,760			$746			$17,014	93.3%	95.7%	2.38%
240048009000	9	Thomas W. Pyle Middle	Public	6-8	6311 Wilson Lane	Bethesda	20817	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 740-3500	1,433	89	16	2.1%	931 (65.0%)	41 (2.9%)	149 (10.4%)	214 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	97 (6.8%)	$17,326			$904			$16,422	92.5%	98.7%	6.18%
240048001447	10	Robert Frost Middle School	Public	6-8	9201 Scott Dr	Rockville	20850	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(301) 279-3949	1,017	58	17.5	7.9%	375 (36.9%)	105 (10.3%)	81 (8.0%)	399 (39.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (5.3%)	$17,166			$810			$16,356	91.7%	96.4%	4.70%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MCAP (shortened) English Language Arts, MCAP (shortened) Mathematics, MCAP (shortened) Science test scores released by the Maryland State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 28, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Maryland State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Maryland State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Maryland State Department of Education.