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What's something Bel Air Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,080
Middle
DISTRICT 913 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240039001397
Bel Air Middle
99 Idlewild Street, Bel Air, MD 21014 · (410) 638-4140 · Harford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,080 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Maryland public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
260 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 337 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 357 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 386 | 36% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
72.9%
MD avg 50.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
39.4%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.9% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 31.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bel Air Middle
Bel Air Middle's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bel Air Middle this school | 1,080 | 24.1% | 53.8% |
| Southampton Middle Bel Air | 1,192 | 22.8% | 62.2% |
| Leonardtown Middle Leonardtown | 969 | 26.3% | 60.3% |
| Central Middle Edgewater | 1,204 | 20.0% | 58.1% |
| Chesapeake Bay Middle Pasadena | 1,087 | 26.5% | 46.0% |
| Westminster West Middle Westminster | 923 | 33.2% | 53.6% |
Matched among Maryland middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bel Air Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Harford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #44 of 223 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #52 of 223 ▲ 13 | #3 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #38 of 223 ▼ 14 | #5 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,080 | #26 of 230 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #97 of 225 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #154 of 225 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.1% | #188 of 227 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #12 of 123 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,080
-361 (-25%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 1,068
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 18.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,080 | 76.5 | 14.1:1 | 24% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 1,080 | 77.8 | 13.9:1 | 23% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 1,138 | 79.3 | 14.3:1 | 23% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 1,441 | 79 | 18.2:1 | 17% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 1,366 | 78.9 | 17.3:1 | 11% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 1,257 | 76 | 16.5:1 | 13% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 1,291 | 80 | 16.1:1 | 13% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 1,218 | 73 | 16.7:1 | 4% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 1,068 | 57 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bel Air Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (1,366 to 1,080); teachers down 3% (78.9 to 76.5).
About Bel Air Middle
Bel Air Middle is a mid-sized middle school with its address in Bel Air, Maryland. It reported 1,080 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in Maryland enroll about 764 students on average.
The 55 schools in Harford County Public Schools enroll 37,771 students altogether, Bel Air Middle among them.
More than half of enrollment at Bel Air Middle is White: 70%. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, and 6% Asian. In Harford County overall, the White share is about 73%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bel Air Middle scores 49%.
The school has 76.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.1 students per teacher. The average ratio among middle schools in Maryland is similar, at 14.3:1. Of all students at Bel Air Middle, 24% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Harford County report 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, Bel Air Middle lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Maryland public middle schools.
Bel Air Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (53.8%) and its predicted rate (60.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
In Harford County, median household income comes to about $112,265, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harford County counts 55 public schools with about 37,771 students.
Homestead/Wakefield Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Bel Air Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Bel Air Middle is 6th among 9 schools close by.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 1,080 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,441. The ratio was 18.2:1 in 2020-21 and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Bel Air Middle. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Harford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
263,757
Census ACS
Median income
$112,265
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
37,771 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harford County Public Schools
- Edgewood HighHigh · 1,440 students
- Aberdeen HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- North Harford HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
Other schools in Bel Air
- Bel Air HighHigh · 1,341 students
- C. Milton Wright HighHigh · 1,291 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 1,192 students
- Homestead/Wakefield ElementaryElementary · 1,071 students
- Harford Technical HighHigh · 954 students
- Patterson Mill High SchoolHigh · 839 students
Other Bel Air Middle schools
One other US public school is named Bel Air Middle. Bel Air Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Bel Air Middle SchoolEL PASO, TX · 1,002 students
Nearby schools
- Homestead/Wakefield Elementary0.2 mi · 1,071
- Bel Air High0.3 mi · 1,341
- Bel Air Elementary0.9 mi · 521
- Ring Factory Elementary1.2 mi · 541
- Southampton Middle1.5 mi · 1,192
- Patterson Mill High School1.8 mi · 839
Frequently asked questions
About Bel Air MiddleHow large is Bel Air Middle?
Bel Air Middle enrolls approximately 1,080 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bel Air Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bel Air Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bel Air Middle have?
Bel Air Middle employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bel Air Middle?
At Bel Air Middle, the student body is approximately 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Bel Air Middle?
Bel Air Middle is overseen by Harford County Public Schools in Harford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.