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Enrollment
963
Middle
DISTRICT 741 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICOMICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240069001299
Bennett Middle
532 S. Division Street, Fruitland, MD 21826 · (410) 677-5140 · Wicomico County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL963 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
81 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
571 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 329 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 319 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 314 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
33.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
19.1%
MD avg 34.8% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 22.4% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Bennett Middle
Bennett Middle's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Middle this school | 963 | 59.3% | 28.6% |
| Spring Ridge Middle Lexington Park | 913 | 63.7% | 31.8% |
| Lindale Middle Linthicum | 884 | 56.9% | 28.7% |
| Old Mill Middle South Millersville | 1,173 | 57.5% | 37.5% |
| Aberdeen Middle Aberdeen | 1,071 | 61.4% | 29.6% |
| Northern Middle Hagerstown | 841 | 61.2% | 38.8% |
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 Bennett Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #154 of 223 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #140 of 223 ▼ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #191 of 223 ▼ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 963 | #52 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #23 of 225 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #34 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.3% | #81 of 227 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #68 of 123 |
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
963
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 963 | 81 | 11.9:1 | 59% (571) |
| 2023-24 | 919 | 82 | 11.2:1 | 52% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 906 | 79 | 11.5:1 | 47% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 980 | 76 | 12.9:1 | 62% (603) |
| 2017-18 | 1,049 | 76 | 13.8:1 | 57% (599) |
| 2015-16 | 990 | 77 | 12.9:1 | 60% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 923 | 73 | 12.6:1 | 54% (495) |
| 2000-01 | 964 | 66 | 14.6:1 | 28% (269) |
| 1990-91 | 802 | 55 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bennett Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,049 to 963); teachers up 7% (76 to 81).
About Bennett Middle
Bennett Middle is a public middle school run by Wicomico County Public Schools in Fruitland, Maryland. It enrolls 963 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. It has 26% more students than the average for middle schools in Maryland (about 764).
Bennett Middle is in Wicomico County Public Schools, a district with 15,582 students across 25 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Bennett Middle is Black, with 36% of students. Other groups make up 33% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Wicomico County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bennett Middle scores 72%.
Bennett Middle has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1, with 81 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Wicomico County is close, at 59%.
A school with Bennett Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Maryland is predicted to score 39.1%. Bennett Middle scores 28.6%, 10.5 points below that line.
For Wicomico County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,210 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The county has 25 public schools and about 15,582 students.
Fruitland Intermediate, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Bennett Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Bennett Middle ranks 5th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 963, close to the 980 recorded in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.9:1 to 11.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to Bennett Middle can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Wicomico County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,914
Census ACS
Median income
$76,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
15,582 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wicomico County Public Schools
- James M. Bennett HighHigh · 1,474 students
- Wicomico HighHigh · 1,304 students
- Parkside HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Prince Street SchoolElementary · 976 students
- Delmar ElementaryElementary · 914 students
- Salisbury MiddleMiddle · 847 students
Other schools in Fruitland
- Fruitland PrimaryElementary · 445 students
- Fruitland IntermediateElementary · 343 students
Other Bennett Middle schools
One other US public school is named Bennett Middle. Bennett Middle is the largest of the 2.
- Bennett Middle SchoolBENNETT, CO · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Fruitland Intermediate0.7 mi · 343
- Fruitland Primary1.0 mi · 445
- Pinehurst Elementary2.6 mi · 564
- James M. Bennett High2.9 mi · 1,474
- Pemberton Elementary3.4 mi · 506
- Prince Street School3.5 mi · 976
Frequently asked questions
About Bennett MiddleHow large is Bennett Middle?
Bennett Middle enrolls approximately 963 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bennett Middle serve?
Bennett Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Bennett Middle have?
Bennett Middle employs 81 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Bennett Middle?
Student demographics at Bennett Middle are roughly 33% White, 18% Hispanic, 36% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Bennett Middle in?
Bennett Middle is part of Wicomico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.