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The lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Maryland

Across Maryland, 223 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. Vanguard Collegiate Middle leads the list at 10.7%, against a median of 35.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

223

Maryland

Best % Proficient

10.7%

Median % Proficient

35.7%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · MARYLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Vanguard Collegiate Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	85.6%	313	10.7%
2	Katherine Johnson Global Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	90.5%	473	11.1%
3	Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	78.9%	303	11.3%
4	Stadium School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	86.1%	259	12.9%
5	Dundalk Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	70.9%	598	13.6%
6	The Historic Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	92.6%	513	13.9%
7	Sonia Sotomayor Middle at Adelphi	Adelphi, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	92.3%	1,077	14.4%
8	General John Stricker Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	73.4%	713	15.2%
9	Lansdowne Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	70.2%	661	15.2%
10	Booker T. Washington Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	95.3%	192	15.3%
11	Lillie May Carroll Jackson School	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore City Public Schools	Middle	82.8%	209	15.5%
12	Mace's Lane Middle School	Cambridge, MD	Dorchester County Public Schools	Middle	87.8%	490	15.9%
13	Drew-Freeman Middle	District Heights, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	96.6%	1,022	16.9%
14	Stemmers Run Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	70.2%	831	17.5%
15	Montgomery Village Middle	Montgomery Village, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	59.2%	780	17.5%
16	G. James Gholson Middle	Landover, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	95.2%	603	17.8%
17	Benjamin Stoddert Middle School	Waldorf, MD	Charles County Public Schools	Middle	59.8%	920	18.1%
18	Elkton Middle	Elkton, MD	Cecil County Public Schools	Middle	61.2%	538	18.4%
19	Buck Lodge Middle	Adelphi, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	95.7%	1,200	18.9%
20	Hyattsville Middle	Hyattsville, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	94.6%	1,305	19.0%
21	Thurgood Marshall Middle	Temple Hills, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	93.5%	707	19.9%
22	Wicomico Middle	Salisbury, MD	Wicomico County Public Schools	Middle	68.2%	827	20.1%
23	Charles Carroll Middle	New Carrollton, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	96.8%	884	20.1%
24	Annapolis Middle	Annapolis, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	85.1%	790	20.3%
25	Thomas Johnson Middle	Lanham, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	94.9%	1,180	20.5%
26	Benjamin Stoddert Middle	Temple Hills, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	94.7%	628	20.6%
27	Phoenix International School of the Arts	La Plata, MD	Charles County Public Schools	Middle	42.0%	243	21.1%
28	Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle	Laurel, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	96.4%	1,047	21.2%
29	Middle River Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	66.1%	822	21.4%
30	Southwest Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	63.8%	842	21.8%
31	Pikesville Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	57.6%	943	21.9%
32	Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School	Westover, MD	Somerset County Public Schools	Middle	72.8%	389	22.0%
33	Corkran Middle School	Glen Burnie, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	76.9%	553	22.2%
34	Deep Creek Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	75.5%	670	22.2%
35	Meade Middle	Fort Meade, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	74.5%	697	22.3%
36	Franklin Middle	Reisterstown, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	57.4%	1,150	22.4%
37	Holabird Middle	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	67.9%	1,027	22.8%
38	Northwest Academy of Health Sciences	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	68.7%	808	23.0%
39	William Wirt Middle	Riverdale, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	96.5%	1,124	23.1%
40	Loch Raven Technical Academy	Baltimore, MD	Baltimore County Public Schools	Middle	62.6%	722	23.1%
41	John Hanson Middle School	Waldorf, MD	Charles County Public Schools	Middle	56.8%	727	23.2%
42	Odessa Shannon Middle	Silver Spring, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	55.6%	784	23.6%
43	Gaithersburg Middle	Gaithersburg, MD	Montgomery County Public Schools	Middle	63.2%	869	23.8%
44	Gwynn Park Middle	Brandywine, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	56.1%	702	23.9%
45	James Madison Middle	UPPER MARLBORO, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	63.5%	800	24.0%
46	Oxon Hill Middle	Fort Washington, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	94.3%	773	24.2%
47	General Smallwood Middle School	Indian Head, MD	Charles County Public Schools	Middle	59.8%	500	24.3%
48	Stephen Decatur Middle	Clinton, MD	Prince George's County Public Schools	Middle	75.1%	751	24.6%
49	Kent County Middle School	Chestertown, MD	Kent County Public Schools	Middle	75.4%	354	24.6%
50	Marley Middle	Glen Burnie, MD	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Middle	72.0%	991	25.0%

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