Buck Lodge Middle

Buck Lodge Middle, a heavily attended 6-8 campus in Adelphi, Maryland, part of Prince George's County Public Schools, enrolls 1,200 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 764 students each, so Buck Lodge Middle sits 57% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Prince George's County Public Schools, which oversees 199 schools and 132,693 students, Buck Lodge Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Buck Lodge Middle logs that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Black, 6% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Buck Lodge Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Prince George's County (around 79%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Buck Lodge Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.6%; this one delivers 18.9%.

In the broader community, Prince George's County reports that median household earnings sit near $101,798, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Prince George's County runs 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), of which Buck Lodge Middle is one.

Cherokee Lane Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buck Lodge Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Buck Lodge Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 23.4%.

Buck Lodge Middle operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 1,167 students in 2018 compared to 1,200 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 81% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.