Arbutus Middle

Arbutus Middle operates as an average-sized intermediate school in Baltimore, Maryland, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 974 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 27% larger than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Baltimore County Public Schools runs 177 schools in total, collectively educating 110,872 students. Arbutus Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Arbutus Middle lists that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 24% Asian, 18% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Baltimore County as a whole is about 53% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Arbutus Middle logs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Arbutus Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.9%; this one delivers 36.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Baltimore County put median household earnings sit near $91,768, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Arbutus Middle is one of 180 public schools in Baltimore County (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students).

Arbutus Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arbutus Middle. On composite proficiency, Arbutus Middle comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.8%.

Arbutus Middle operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Arbutus Middle's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 912 (now 974). White enrollment moved from 55% to 41% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.