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Brunswick Middle
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Brunswick Middle
Brunswick Middle is a modestly sized middle school in Brunswick, Maryland, part of Frederick County Public Schools. The school works with 638 students in grades 6 through 8.
Within Frederick County Public Schools, which oversees 67 schools and 48,054 students, Brunswick Middle is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Brunswick Middle logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Brunswick Middle has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Brunswick Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 30% of students at Brunswick Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brunswick Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.5%; this one delivers 47.3%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Frederick County) records that median household income runs about $122,002, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Brunswick Middle is one of 69 public schools in Frederick County (combined enrollment of about 48,054 students).
Brunswick High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Brunswick Middle comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.8%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brunswick Middle has expanded 10%, going from 578 students in 2018 to 638 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 76% to 63%.
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