Briggs Chaney Middle

Briggs Chaney Middle is one of the middle-of-the-pack middle schools in Silver Spring, Maryland, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools, with 858 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

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

On the student-mix side, Briggs Chaney Middle reports that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% White. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Briggs Chaney Middle has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Briggs Chaney Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.5%.

Around the school, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Briggs Chaney Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

The closest other public school is Cloverly Elementary, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Briggs Chaney Middle. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Briggs Chaney Middle ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 47.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Briggs Chaney Middle's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 886 (now 858). Hispanic enrollment moved from 21% to 29% across the same window.

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