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Enrollment
1,200
Middle
DISTRICT 933 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051000993
Buck Lodge Middle
2611 Buck Lodge Rd, Adelphi, MD 20783 · (301) 431-6290 · Prince George's County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,200 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Maryland public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
1,148 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 409 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 389 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 402 | 34% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
27.2%
MD avg 50.6% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.2% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 10.0% |
% 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.6%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Buck Lodge Middle
Buck Lodge Middle's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Lodge Middle this school | 1,200 | 95.7% | 18.9% |
| William Wirt Middle Riverdale | 1,124 | 96.5% | 23.1% |
| Ellen Ochoa Middle Hyattsville | 1,086 | 97.3% | N/A |
| Hyattsville Middle Hyattsville | 1,305 | 94.6% | 19.0% |
| Nicholas Orem Middle Hyattsville | 1,007 | 96.8% | 28.3% |
| Charles Carroll Middle New Carrollton | 884 | 96.8% | 20.1% |
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 Buck Lodge Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #205 of 223 | #21 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #211 of 223 ▼ 1 | #13 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #201 of 223 ▼ 6 | #20 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,200 | #12 of 230 | #3 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #164 of 225 | #13 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #185 of 225 | #18 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #7 of 227 | #7 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #74 of 95 | #11 of 17 |
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
1,200
-95 (-7%) vs 2020
+145% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,200 | 76 | 15.8:1 | 96% (1,148) |
| 2023-24 | 1,154 | 68 | 17.0:1 | 89% (1,024) |
| 2022-23 | 1,242 | 75 | 16.6:1 | 91% (1,135) |
| 2020-21 | 1,295 | 84 | 15.4:1 | 92% (1,190) |
| 2017-18 | 1,167 | 82 | 14.2:1 | 89% (1,039) |
| 2015-16 | 1,185 | 82 | 14.4:1 | 87% (1,026) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | 66 | 11.7:1 | 84% (649) |
| 2000-01 | 868 | 67 | 13.0:1 | 69% (598) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 39 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buck Lodge Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,167 to 1,200); teachers down 7% (82 to 76).
About Buck Lodge Middle
A large middle school in Adelphi, Maryland, Buck Lodge Middle is part of Prince George's County Public Schools. Its 1,200 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 57% larger than the 764 average for middle schools in Maryland.
Prince George's County Public Schools has 199 schools; together they serve 132,693 students.
Buck Lodge Middle's enrollment is 75% Hispanic. Other groups make up 16% Black and 6% Asian. County-wide, 23% of Prince George's County residents are Hispanic. Buck Lodge Middle has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.8:1, with 76 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Buck Lodge Middle is 96%. The 79% average for public schools in Prince George's County is 17 points lower.
Buck Lodge Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of Maryland public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Buck Lodge Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 18.9% and a predicted 17.6%.
Among Prince George's County residents, median household income is about $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 203 public schools in Prince George's County, with a combined enrollment of about 132,693.
Nearest public school: Cherokee Lane Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Buck Lodge Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Buck Lodge Middle ranks 5th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 18.9% against a local average of 23.4%.
Buck Lodge Middle is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 1,295 in 2020-21 and 1,200 in 2024-25, a decrease of 95 students.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Parkdale HighHigh · 2,588 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
Other schools in Adelphi
- Sonia Sotomayor Middle at AdelphiMiddle · 1,077 students
- Cherokee Lane ElementaryElementary · 863 students
- Mary Harris Mother Jones ElemElementary · 734 students
- Adelphi ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Cool Spring ElementaryElementary · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Cherokee Lane Elementary0.1 mi · 863
- Adelphi Elementary0.4 mi · 505
- Mary Harris Mother Jones Elem0.8 mi · 734
- Cool Spring Elementary0.9 mi · 458
- Sonia Sotomayor Middle at Adelphi1.0 mi · 1,077
- Roscoe R Nix Elementary1.6 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Buck Lodge MiddleHow many students attend Buck Lodge Middle?
Buck Lodge Middle enrolls approximately 1,200 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Buck Lodge Middle serve?
Buck Lodge Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buck Lodge Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buck Lodge Middle is approximately 15.8:1 (76 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buck Lodge Middle?
At Buck Lodge Middle, the student body is approximately 2% White, 75% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Buck Lodge Middle public or private?
Buck Lodge Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.