Best Middle Schools in Maryland for Low Socio Economic Status 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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 273)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
240042000173	1	Burleigh Manor Middle	Public	6-8	4200 Centennial Lane	Ellicott City	21042	Howard County	Howard County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 313-2507	844	55	15.4	10.5%	267 (31.6%)	93 (11.0%)	45 (5.3%)	391 (46.3%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.2%)	$15,096			$625			$14,472	99.6%	93.1%	6.56%
240048001118	2	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	99.3%	99.0%	0.26%
240048001526	3	Cabin John Middle	Public	6-8	10701 Gainsborough Road	Potomac	20854	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 406-1600	1,077	67	16	8.5%	414 (38.4%)	137 (12.7%)	104 (9.7%)	357 (33.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (5.9%)	$18,203			$952			$17,252	98.9%	97.0%	1.87%
240048000933	4	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	98.5%	98.0%	0.51%
240039090475	5	Fallston Middle School	Public	6-8	2303 Carrs Mill Rd	Fallston	21047	Harford County	Harford County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 638-4129	864	54	15.9	9.5%	743 (86.0%)	29 (3.4%)	30 (3.5%)	20 (2.3%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.4%)	$14,259			$1,259			$13,000	98.2%	90.8%	7.41%
240051001718	6	College Park Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	5751 Rivertech Ct	Riverdale	20737	Prince George's County	Prince George's County Public Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(240) 696-3206	677	34	19.9	46.5%	55 (8.1%)	364 (53.8%)	206 (30.4%)	16 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.2%)	$22,117			$2,976			$19,141	97.8%	72.9%	24.86%
240021000835	7	Oklahoma Road Middle	Public	6-8	6300 Oklahoma Road	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3600	721	44	16.4	8.7%	571 (79.2%)	43 (6.0%)	31 (4.3%)	47 (6.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	26 (3.6%)	$13,790			$533			$13,257	97.4%	85.5%	11.96%
240033001536	8	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	97.1%	97.4%	0.29%
240021000547	9	Sykesville Middle	Public	6-8	7301 Springfield Avenue	Sykesville	21784	Carroll County	Carroll County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 751-3545	762	47	16.2	14.8%	614 (80.6%)	37 (4.9%)	34 (4.5%)	44 (5.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (3.9%)	$14,404			$725			$13,679	96.7%	86.8%	9.90%
240042001720	10	Thomas Viaduct Middle	Public	6-8	7000 Banbury Drive	Hanover	21076	Howard County	Howard County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 313-8711	835	56	14.8	32.3%	123 (14.7%)	389 (46.6%)	159 (19.0%)	120 (14.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	41 (4.9%)	$16,327			$823			$15,504	96.3%	68.0%	28.35%

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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.

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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.