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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Maryland

This ranking covers the highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Maryland, drawn from 223 qualifying public middle schools. Herbert Hoover Middle leads the list at 88.3%, against a median of 49.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

223

Maryland

Top % Proficient (Reading)

88.3%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

49.4%

BEST IN READING · MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Herbert Hoover Middle	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	930	88.3%
2	Severna Park Middle	Severna Park, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	1,386	87.6%
3	Thomas W. Pyle Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,259	86.6%
4	Folly Quarter Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	682	84.8%
5	Fallston Middle School	Fallston, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	1,068	83.6%
6	Cabin John Middle	Potomac, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	983	83.3%
7	Lime Kiln Middle	Fulton, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	675	82.8%
8	Northern Middle	Owings, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	Middle	745	81.7%
9	Clarksville Middle	Clarksville, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	679	81.3%
10	Urbana Middle	Ijamsville, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	Middle	1,090	81.1%
11	Matapeake Middle School	Stevensville, MD	Queen Anne's County Public Schools	Middle	360	81.1%
12	Stephen Decatur Middle	Berlin, MD	Worcester County Public Schools	Middle	665	80.7%
13	Mount View Middle	Marriottsville, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	881	80.0%
14	Rosa M. Parks Middle	Olney, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	863	79.9%
15	North Bethesda Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	1,224	79.5%
16	Ellicott Mills Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	698	79.1%
17	Robert Frost Middle School	Rockville, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	915	79.1%
18	Severn River Middle	Arnold, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	675	78.4%
19	Ridgely Middle	Lutherville, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	1,039	78.4%
20	Burleigh Manor Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	777	78.3%
21	Sykesville Middle	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	697	78.2%
22	Southampton Middle	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	1,192	77.9%
23	Middletown Middle	Middletown, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	Middle	784	77.3%
24	North Harford Middle	Pylesville, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	849	77.3%
25	Patterson Mill Middle School	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	716	76.4%
26	Westland Middle	Bethesda, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	839	76.4%
27	Magothy River Middle	Arnold, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	655	76.0%
28	Crofton Middle	Gambrills, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	1,345	75.8%
29	Hallie Wells Middle	Clarksburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	931	75.6%
30	Hammond Middle	Laurel, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	604	74.9%
31	Hereford Middle	Monkton, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	861	74.5%
32	Mount Airy Middle	Mount Airy, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	761	74.4%
33	Leonardtown Middle	Leonardtown, MD	St. Mary's County Public Schools	Middle	969	74.4%
34	Central Middle	Edgewater, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	1,204	74.2%
35	Plum Point Middle	Huntingtown, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	Middle	619	74.0%
36	William H. Farquhar Middle	Olney, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	682	73.5%
37	Dumbarton Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	1,064	72.9%
38	Bel Air Middle	Bel Air, MD	Harford County Public Schools	Middle	1,080	72.9%
39	Westminster West Middle	Westminster, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	923	72.7%
40	Windsor Knolls Middle	Ijamsville, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	Middle	812	72.5%
41	Oklahoma Road Middle	Sykesville, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	816	71.9%
42	Dunloggin Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	623	71.8%
43	Smithsburg Middle	Smithsburg, MD	Washington County Public Schools	Middle	554	71.7%
44	Windy Hill Middle	Owings, MD	Calvert County Public Schools	Middle	669	71.1%
45	Oakdale Middle	Ijamsville, MD	Frederick County Public Schools	Middle	1,085	70.7%
46	Patapsco Middle	Ellicott City, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	670	69.9%
47	Lakelands Park Middle	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	993	69.4%
48	Shiloh Middle	Hampstead, MD	Carroll County Public Schools	Middle	631	68.4%
49	Arundel Middle	Odenton, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	1,312	68.2%
50	Glenwood Middle	Glenwood, MD	Howard County Public Schools	Middle	494	68.2%

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