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The top-graded public middle schools in Maryland

223 public middle schools in Maryland appear in this ranking of the top-graded public middle schools, ranked by the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against what poverty predicts, and the three-year trend, each compared with schools in the same state. Mount View Middle leads the list at A+, against a median of B- across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

223

Maryland

Top Grade

A+

Median Grade

B-

TOP GRADED · MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Grade	Percentile in state
1	Mount View Middle	Marriottsville, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	881	A+	99.8
2	Thomas W. Pyle Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,259	A+	99.3
3	Folly Quarter Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	682	A+	98.9
4	Stephen Decatur Middle	Berlin, MD	Worcester County Public Schools	Middle	665	A+	98.4
5	Severna Park Middle	Severna Park, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	1,386	A+	98
6	Herbert Hoover Middle	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	930	A+	97.5
7	Snow Hill Middle	Snow Hill, MD	Worcester County Public Schools	Middle	404	A+	97.1
8	Westland Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	839	A+	96.6
9	Cabin John Middle	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	983	A+	96.2
10	Clarksville Middle	Clarksville, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	679	A+	95.7
11	Takoma Park Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,177	A+	95.3
12	Urbana Middle	Ijamsville, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	Middle	1,090	A	94.8
13	Burleigh Manor Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	777	A	94.4
14	Pocomoke Middle	Pocomoke City, MD	Worcester County Public Schools	Middle	465	A	93.9
15	Berlin Intermediate	Berlin, MD	Worcester County Public Schools	Middle	613	A	93.5
16	Robert Frost Middle School	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	915	A	92.8
17	Southampton Middle	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	1,192	A	92.8
18	Leonardtown Middle	Leonardtown, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Middle	969	A	92.2
19	Sykesville Middle	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	697	A	91.7
20	Smithsburg Middle	Smithsburg, MD	Washington County Public Schools	Middle	554	A	91.3
21	North Bethesda Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,224	A	90.8
22	Glenwood Middle	Glenwood, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	494	A	90.4
23	Ellicott Mills Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	698	A	89.9
24	Lime Kiln Middle	Fulton, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	675	A	89.5
25	Fallston Middle School	Fallston, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	1,068	A	89
26	Ridgely Middle	Lutherville, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	1,039	A	88.6
27	Tilden Middle	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,112	A	88.1
28	Clear Spring Middle	Clear Spring, MD	Washington County Public Schools	Middle	301	A	87.7
29	Braddock Middle	Cumberland, MD	Allegany County Public Schools	Middle	536	A	87.2
30	Patapsco Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	670	A	86.8
31	Northern Middle	Owings, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	Middle	745	A	86.3
32	Matapeake Middle School	Stevensville, MD	Queen Anne's County Public Schools	Middle	360	A	85.9
33	Westminster West Middle	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	923	A	85.4
34	Severn River Middle	Arnold, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	675	A	85
35	Hallie Wells Middle	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	931	A-	84.5
36	Central Middle	Edgewater, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	1,204	A-	84.1
37	Boonsboro Middle	Boonsboro, MD	Washington County Public Schools	Middle	673	A-	83.6
38	Dunloggin Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	623	A-	83.2
39	E. Russell Hicks Middle	Hagerstown, MD	Washington County Public Schools	Middle	841	A-	82.7
40	Silver Creek Middle	Kensington, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	751	A-	82.3
41	North Dorchester Middle School	Hurlock, MD	Dorchester County Public Schools	Middle	414	A-	81.8
42	Pittsville Elementary & Middle	Pittsville, MD	Wicomico County Public Schools	Middle	325	A-	81.4
43	Walkersville Middle	Walkersville, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	Middle	779	A-	80.9
44	John Poole Middle	Poolesville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	467	A-	80.5
45	Plum Point Middle	Huntingtown, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	Middle	619	A-	80
46	Crofton Middle	Gambrills, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	1,345	A-	79.6
47	Eastern Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	963	A-	79.1
48	Lakelands Park Middle	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	993	A-	78.7
49	Magothy River Middle	Arnold, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	655	A-	78.3
50	Hereford Middle	Monkton, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	861	A-	77.8

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