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The fastest-growing public middle schools in Maryland

95 public middle schools in Maryland appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public middle schools, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Crestwood Middle leads the list at 72.0%, against a median of 8.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

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Top Enrollment growth

72.0%

Median Enrollment growth

8.3%

FASTEST GROWING · MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Crestwood Middle	Frederick, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	579	996	72.0%
2	Oakdale Middle	Ijamsville, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	704	1,085	54.1%
3	Hyattsville Middle	Hyattsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	861	1,305	51.6%
4	Walker Mill Middle	Capitol Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	734	1,054	43.6%
5	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle	Germantown, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	596	841	41.1%
6	Piccowaxen Middle School	Newburg, MD	Charles County Public Schools	418	578	38.3%
7	Silver Creek Middle	Kensington, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	549	751	36.8%
8	Patuxent Valley Middle	Jessup, MD	Howard County Public Schools	618	840	35.9%
9	Old Mill Middle South	Millersville, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	870	1,173	34.8%
10	Drew-Freeman Middle	District Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	777	1,022	31.5%
11	Windsor Mill Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	468	606	29.5%
12	Salisbury Middle	Salisbury, MD	Wicomico County Public Schools	656	847	29.1%
13	Arundel Middle	Odenton, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	1,032	1,312	27.1%
14	Benjamin Tasker Middle	Bowie, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	841	1,058	25.8%
15	Rocky Hill Middle	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	804	1,010	25.6%
16	Northern Middle	Hagerstown, MD	Washington County Public Schools	670	841	25.5%
17	New Market Middle	New Market, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	543	676	24.5%
18	John Poole Middle	Poolesville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	375	467	24.5%
19	Pocomoke Middle	Pocomoke City, MD	Worcester County Public Schools	374	465	24.3%
20	Benjamin Stoddert Middle School	Waldorf, MD	Charles County Public Schools	741	920	24.2%
21	Hallie Wells Middle	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	752	931	23.8%
22	Clarksville Middle	Clarksville, MD	Howard County Public Schools	552	679	23.0%
23	Kettering Middle	Upper Marlboro, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	733	874	19.2%
24	Parkland Middle	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,000	1,185	18.5%
25	Thurgood Marshall Middle	Temple Hills, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	598	707	18.2%
26	Marley Middle	Glen Burnie, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	841	991	17.8%
27	Tilden Middle	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	947	1,112	17.4%
28	Theodore G. Davis Middle School	Waldorf, MD	Charles County Public Schools	852	999	17.3%
29	Kenmoor Middle	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	885	1,021	15.4%
30	Northern Middle	Owings, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	647	745	15.1%
31	Fallston Middle School	Fallston, MD	Harford County Public Schools	932	1,068	14.6%
32	Gwynn Park Middle	Brandywine, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	616	702	14.0%
33	Crofton Middle	Gambrills, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	1,181	1,345	13.9%
34	Wicomico Middle	Salisbury, MD	Wicomico County Public Schools	729	827	13.4%
35	Urbana Middle	Ijamsville, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	964	1,090	13.1%
36	Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle	Laurel, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	931	1,047	12.5%
37	Meade Middle	Fort Meade, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	620	697	12.4%
38	The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	457	513	12.3%
39	Westminster East Middle	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	712	796	11.8%
40	Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle	Frederick, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	513	573	11.7%
41	Havre de Grace Middle	Havre de Grace, MD	Harford County Public Schools	557	617	10.8%
42	Brunswick Middle	Brunswick, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	578	638	10.4%
43	Thomas Viaduct Middle	Hanover, MD	Howard County Public Schools	687	758	10.3%
44	Brooklyn Park Middle	Baltimore, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	714	784	9.8%
45	Northeast Middle	Pasadena, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	823	901	9.5%
46	Oklahoma Road Middle	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	748	816	9.1%
47	Hammond Middle	Laurel, MD	Howard County Public Schools	554	604	9.0%
48	Holabird Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	948	1,027	8.3%
49	Stephen Decatur Middle	Clinton, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	695	751	8.1%
50	Takoma Park Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	1,090	1,177	8.0%

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