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Brooklyn Park Middle
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 285 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 244 | 31% |
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)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 18 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 14.7% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
Schools most like Brooklyn Park Middle
Brooklyn Park Middle's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Park Middle this school | 784 | 65.3% | 30.6% |
| West Frederick Middle Frederick | 820 | 64.5% | 34.4% |
| Easton Middle Easton | 703 | 69.7% | 29.2% |
| E. Russell Hicks Middle Hagerstown | 841 | 68.8% | 42.4% |
| Monocacy Middle Frederick | 710 | 56.5% | 30.7% |
| Western Heights Middle Hagerstown | 883 | 69.9% | 30.0% |
Where Brooklyn Park Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #138 of 223 | #12 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #144 of 223 ▲ 6 | #13 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #147 of 223 ▼ 23 | #12 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 784 | #109 of 230 | #13 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #57 of 225 | #9 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #33 of 225 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #55 of 227 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #44 of 95 | #6 of 10 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 784 | 60 | 13.1:1 | 65% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 744 | 62.5 | 11.9:1 | 68% (504) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 59 | 13.1:1 | 70% (542) |
| 2020-21 | 875 | 66 | 13.3:1 | 61% (532) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 60.5 | 11.8:1 | 53% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 63 | 11.6:1 | 55% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 43 | 10.0:1 | 63% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 37% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 25 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (714 to 784); teachers down 1% (60.5 to 60).
About Brooklyn Park Middle
Brooklyn Park Middle is a mid-sized middle school with an address in Baltimore, Maryland. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 784 students on the rolls.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools (125 schools, 85,029 students) runs Brooklyn Park Middle.
No group is above 50% at Brooklyn Park Middle; the largest is Hispanic, at 34%. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% White, 25% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 11%. The diversity index for Brooklyn Park Middle is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brooklyn Park Middle is 13.1:1, based on 60 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Maryland is 14.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Brooklyn Park Middle counts 65% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Anne Arundel County average 42%.
Brooklyn Park Middle earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 46% of Maryland public middle schools.
Schools in Maryland with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.6%. Brooklyn Park Middle scores 30.6%.
In Anne Arundel County, the median household earns about $124,911 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Anne Arundel County has 129 public schools with about 85,074 students, including Brooklyn Park Middle.
Brooklyn Park Middle is about 0.4 miles from Brooklyn Park Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Brooklyn Park Middle ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Brooklyn Park Middle is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 784, from 875 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Brooklyn Park Middle community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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