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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Howard County, Maryland

20 public middle schools in Howard County, Maryland appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Lake Elkhorn Middle leads the list at 49.0%, against a median of 27.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Howard County, Maryland

Top % FRL

49.0%

Median % FRL

27.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Lake Elkhorn Middle	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	569	49.0%
2	Oakland Mills Middle	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	415	48.4%
3	Thomas Viaduct Middle	Hanover, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	758	47.5%
4	Harpers Choice Middle	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	471	46.9%
5	Patuxent Valley Middle	Jessup, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	840	43.7%
6	Mayfield Woods Middle	Elkridge, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	731	40.1%
7	Wilde Lake Middle	Columbia, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	643	39.0%
8	Murray Hill Middle	Laurel, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	616	37.3%
9	Elkridge Landing Middle	Elkridge, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	686	31.0%
10	Bonnie Branch Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	739	29.2%
11	Dunloggin Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	623	25.4%
12	Patapsco Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	670	20.4%
13	Burleigh Manor Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	777	17.5%
14	Hammond Middle	Laurel, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	604	16.4%
15	Ellicott Mills Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	698	14.6%
16	Glenwood Middle	Glenwood, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	494	14.0%
17	Mount View Middle	Marriottsville, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	881	9.3%
18	Lime Kiln Middle	Fulton, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	675	8.6%
19	Folly Quarter Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	682	7.8%
20	Clarksville Middle	Clarksville, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	679	6.6%

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