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Enrollment
607
Middle
DISTRICT 586 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALVERT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240015000507
Calvert Middle
655 Chesapeake Blvd, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 · (443) 550-8970 · Calvert County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Maryland public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
13.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
240 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 205 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 192 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 35% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
65.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
21.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.2% | 21.6% |
% 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Calvert Middle
Calvert Middle's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert Middle this school | 607 | 39.5% | 39.2% |
| Piccowaxen Middle School Newburg | 578 | 33.2% | 42.9% |
| Havre de Grace Middle Havre de Grace | 617 | 46.0% | 37.8% |
| Walkersville Middle Walkersville | 779 | 41.6% | 48.9% |
| Northwest Middle Taneytown | 655 | 44.4% | 38.9% |
| Berlin Intermediate Berlin | 613 | 46.8% | 57.0% |
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 Calvert Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Calvert County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #92 of 223 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #123 of 223 ▼ 13 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #57 of 223 ▲ 53 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #172 of 230 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #93 of 225 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #114 of 225 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.5% | #155 of 227 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #57 of 95 | N/A |
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
607
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 607 | 43.5 | 13.9:1 | 40% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 43.5 | 14.2:1 | 39% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 44.5 | 14.7:1 | 33% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 30% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 30% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 35 | 16.8:1 | 29% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 28% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 21% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 678 | 33 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calvert Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (571 to 607); teachers up 21% (36 to 43.5).
About Calvert Middle
The public middle-grades school Calvert Middle is located in Prince Frederick, Maryland. The school had 607 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Maryland) has about 764 students.
Calvert County Public Schools oversees Calvert Middle and 23 other schools, with 14,849 students in total.
Calvert Middle is 58% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 19% Black, 12% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. Calvert County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school's share is lower. Calvert Middle's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 43.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.9:1. That matches the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 40%.
allk12 grades Calvert Middle a C+. The grade compares the school only with Maryland public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Calvert Middle's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (39.2%) and its predicted rate (50.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Calvert County, the median household income is $133,922, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 2% of people live in poverty. Calvert Middle is one of 25 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Calvert Middle is Calvert County Alternative School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Calvert Middle is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Calvert Middle has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 611 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 607.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Calvert County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
94,313
Census ACS
Median income
$133,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
14,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calvert County Public Schools
- Northern HighHigh · 1,478 students
- Huntingtown High SchoolHigh · 1,311 students
- Calvert HighHigh · 1,080 students
- Patuxent HighHigh · 928 students
- Northern MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Windy Hill MiddleMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in Prince Frederick
- Calvert HighHigh · 1,080 students
- Barstow ElementaryElementary · 630 students
- Calvert ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- Calvert Country SchoolCombined · 40 students
- Calvert County Alternative SchoolHigh · 7 students
- Career and Technology AcademyHigh
Nearby schools
- Calvert County Alternative School0.3 mi · 7
- Calvert High0.4 mi · 1,080
- Calvert Country School0.9 mi · 40
- Calvert Elementary1.1 mi · 495
- Barstow Elementary1.6 mi · 630
- Plum Point Elementary2.7 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About Calvert MiddleHow large is Calvert Middle?
Calvert Middle enrolls approximately 607 students in grades 06-08.
Is Calvert Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Calvert Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Calvert Middle?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Calvert Middle.
How diverse is Calvert Middle?
Calvert Middle reports a student body of 58% White, 10% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Calvert Middle?
Calvert Middle is overseen by Calvert County Public Schools in Calvert County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.