Benjamin Banneker Middle

Benjamin Banneker Middle is an average-sized middle school in Burtonsville, Maryland, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools. The school educates 705 students in grades 6 through 8.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Benjamin Banneker Middle is among them.

On demographics, Benjamin Banneker Middle shows that Black students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder comes out to 26% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Benjamin Banneker Middle sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.5%; actual is 27.5%, a gap of -16.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Benjamin Banneker Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Fairland Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Benjamin Banneker Middle at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 840 students in 2018 compared to 705 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 16% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.