Best Middle Schools in Maryland for Female 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, Female 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 (Female vs All Students - 2021)
ID	Rank (of 303)	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 (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	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	99.7%	99.7%	%
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%	0.33%
240060001639	3	Chesapeake Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	20945 Great Mills Road	Lexington Park	20653	St. Mary's County	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(301) 863-9585	477	36	13.2	13.0%	346 (72.5%)	40 (8.4%)	18 (3.8%)	18 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (11.5%)	$16,338			$1,207			$15,131	99.0%	98.3%	0.66%
240042000725	4	Clarksville Middle	Public	6-8	6535 S Trotter Rd	Clarksville	21029	Howard County	Howard County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(410) 313-7057	716	44	16.3	2.5%	266 (37.2%)	61 (8.5%)	20 (2.8%)	338 (47.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.1%)	$15,917			$570			$15,347	98.7%	99.3%	0.66%
240048009000	5	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	98.3%	98.7%	0.33%
240048000933	6	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	98.0%	98.0%	%
240033001536	7	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	97.7%	97.4%	0.33%
240012001422	8	Hereford Middle	Public	6-8	712 Corbett Rd	Monkton	21111	Baltimore County	Baltimore County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(443) 809-7902	920	59	15.7	7.9%	787 (85.5%)	24 (2.6%)	36 (3.9%)	38 (4.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (3.7%)	$16,896			$1,652			$15,244	97.4%	97.7%	0.33%
240048001526	9	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	97.0%	97.0%	%
240048000861	10	John Poole Middle	Public	6-8	17014 Tom Fox Ave	Poolesville	20837	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(240) 740-4200	381	27	14.3	12.6%	254 (66.7%)	21 (5.5%)	52 (13.6%)	20 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.9%)	$19,627			$853			$18,774	96.7%	96.7%	%

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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:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.