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Alumni: what's one memory from Briggs Chaney Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
858
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048090450
Briggs Chaney Middle
1901 Rainbow Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20905 · (301) 288-8300 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL858 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
532 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 284 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 280 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 294 | 34% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
42.5%
MD avg 50.6% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
19.9%
MD avg 34.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.5% | 21.2% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Briggs Chaney Middle
Briggs Chaney Middle's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs Chaney Middle this school | 858 | 62.0% | 32.5% |
| Southwest Academy Baltimore | 842 | 63.8% | 21.8% |
| Pikesville Middle Baltimore | 943 | 57.6% | 21.9% |
| Francis Scott Key Middle Silver Spring | 950 | 63.3% | 27.3% |
| Samuel Ogle Middle Bowie | 806 | 55.3% | 35.5% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle Germantown | 841 | 54.1% | 35.7% |
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 Briggs Chaney Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #129 of 223 | #30 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #135 of 223 ▼ 20 | #33 of 40 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #153 of 223 ▼ 31 | #33 of 40 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 858 | #79 of 230 | #23 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #118 of 225 | #22 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #96 of 225 | #29 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.0% | #69 of 227 | #4 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #105 of 123 | #17 of 21 |
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
858
-120 (-12%) vs 2020
+121% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 858 | 58.6 | 14.6:1 | 62% (532) |
| 2023-24 | 868 | 60.4 | 14.4:1 | 55% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 864 | 66 | 13.1:1 | 63% (548) |
| 2020-21 | 978 | 65 | 15.1:1 | 55% (537) |
| 2017-18 | 886 | 64.8 | 13.7:1 | 47% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 866 | 58 | 14.9:1 | 49% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 57 | 15.8:1 | 41% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 837 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 16% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 24 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Briggs Chaney Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (886 to 858); teachers down 10% (64.8 to 58.6).
About Briggs Chaney Middle
Briggs Chaney Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Silver Spring, Maryland. The school's 858 students are in grades 6 through 8.
Montgomery County Public Schools has a total of 208 schools and 159,181 students, Briggs Chaney Middle among them.
By race and ethnicity, Briggs Chaney Middle is 52% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 6% White. In Montgomery County overall, about 19% of residents are Black. By the diversity index, Briggs Chaney Middle comes in at 63%.
With 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Briggs Chaney Middle was 14.6:1. Middle schools in Maryland average about 14.3:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 62%. Public schools in Montgomery County average 40%.
Briggs Chaney Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.5%, compared with a predicted 37.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Montgomery County residents, median household income is about $132,450, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Briggs Chaney Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 159,181 students.
The school nearest to Briggs Chaney Middle is Cloverly Elementary, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. Within five miles of Briggs Chaney Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Briggs Chaney Middle is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Briggs Chaney Middle as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 978 to 858.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Silver Spring
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- James Hubert Blake HighHigh · 1,960 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Springbrook HighHigh · 1,838 students
- Takoma Park MiddleMiddle · 1,177 students
Nearby schools
- Cloverly Elementary1.3 mi · 429
- Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary1.5 mi · 485
- Fairland Elementary1.5 mi · 553
- Benjamin Banneker Middle1.5 mi · 705
- Burtonsville Elementary1.9 mi · 601
- Paint Branch High2.0 mi · 2,038
Frequently asked questions
About Briggs Chaney MiddleHow large is Briggs Chaney Middle?
Briggs Chaney Middle enrolls approximately 858 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Briggs Chaney Middle serve?
Briggs Chaney Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Briggs Chaney Middle have?
Briggs Chaney Middle employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Briggs Chaney Middle?
Student demographics at Briggs Chaney Middle are roughly 6% White, 29% Hispanic, 52% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Briggs Chaney Middle?
Briggs Chaney Middle is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
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