Burleigh Manor Middle

Burleigh Manor Middle, an average-sized junior high in Ellicott City, Maryland, overseen by Howard County Public Schools, serves 777 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Howard County Public Schools comprises 77 schools with combined enrollment of 57,565 students; Burleigh Manor Middle is among them.

Demographically, Burleigh Manor Middle reports that the largest single group is Asian at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Howard County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Burleigh Manor Middle has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 18% of students at Burleigh Manor Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Burleigh Manor Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.9%, the actual is 64.7%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Howard County indicate median household income runs about $149,763, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Howard County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,565 students), Burleigh Manor Middle is one campus in the mix.

Centennial High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Burleigh Manor Middle at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 55.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Burleigh Manor Middle's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 807 (now 777). Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 8% across the same window.

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