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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Maryland

227 public middle schools in Maryland appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Ellen Ochoa Middle leads the list at 97.3%, against a median of 52.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

227

Maryland

Top % FRL

97.3%

Median % FRL

52.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Ellen Ochoa Middle	Hyattsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,086	97.3%
2	Charles Carroll Middle	New Carrollton, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	884	96.8%
3	Nicholas Orem Middle	Hyattsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,007	96.8%
4	Drew-Freeman Middle	District Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,022	96.6%
5	William Wirt Middle	Riverdale, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,124	96.5%
6	Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle	Laurel, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,047	96.4%
7	Buck Lodge Middle	Adelphi, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,200	95.7%
8	Booker T. Washington Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	192	95.3%
9	G. James Gholson Middle	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	603	95.2%
10	Thomas Johnson Middle	Lanham, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,180	94.9%
11	Benjamin Stoddert Middle	Temple Hills, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	628	94.7%
12	Hyattsville Middle	Hyattsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,305	94.6%
13	Oxon Hill Middle	Fort Washington, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	773	94.3%
14	Thurgood Marshall Middle	Temple Hills, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	707	93.5%
15	Kenmoor Middle	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,021	93.1%
16	Greenbelt Middle	Greenbelt, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,270	93.1%
17	The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	513	92.6%
18	Ernest Everett Just Middle	Mitchellville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	752	92.6%
19	Sonia Sotomayor Middle at Adelphi	Adelphi, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,077	92.3%
20	Katherine Johnson Global Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	473	90.5%
21	Martin Luther King Jr. Middle	Beltsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	605	88.6%
22	Mace's Lane Middle School	Cambridge, MD	Dorchester County Public Schools	Middle	490	87.8%
23	Stadium School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	259	86.1%
24	Vanguard Collegiate Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	313	85.6%
25	Annapolis Middle	Annapolis, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	790	85.1%
26	Lillie May Carroll Jackson School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	209	82.8%
27	Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	303	78.9%
28	Corkran Middle School	Glen Burnie, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	553	76.9%
29	Magnolia Middle	Joppa, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	689	76.2%
30	Walker Mill Middle	Capitol Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	1,054	75.6%
31	Deep Creek Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	670	75.5%
32	Kent County Middle School	Chestertown, MD	Kent County Public Schools	Middle	354	75.4%
33	Stephen Decatur Middle	Clinton, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	751	75.1%
34	The Crossroads School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	162	74.7%
35	Meade Middle	Fort Meade, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	697	74.5%
36	General John Stricker Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	713	73.4%
37	Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School	Westover, MD	Somerset County Public Schools	Middle	389	72.8%
38	Marley Middle	Glen Burnie, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	991	72.0%
39	Pocomoke Middle	Pocomoke City, MD	Worcester County Public Schools	Middle	465	71.6%
40	Dundalk Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	598	70.9%
41	Lansdowne Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	661	70.2%
42	Stemmers Run Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	831	70.2%
43	Western Heights Middle	Hagerstown, MD	Washington County Public Schools	Middle	883	69.9%
44	Easton Middle	Easton, MD	Talbot County Public Schools	Middle	703	69.7%
45	Kettering Middle	Upper Marlboro, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	874	69.5%
46	Edgewood Middle	Edgewood, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	936	69.2%
47	E. Russell Hicks Middle	Hagerstown, MD	Washington County Public Schools	Middle	841	68.8%
48	Woodlawn Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	522	68.8%
49	Northwest Academy of Health Sciences	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	808	68.7%
50	Colonel Richardson Middle School	Federalsburg, MD	Caroline County Public Schools	Middle	390	68.5%

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